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title: "Ferruginous Hawk"
description: "Buteo regalis — Uccelli. The ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) is a large bird of prey and belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ferruginous-hawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ferruginous Hawk

> Buteo regalis — Uccelli. The ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) is a large bird of prey and belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks.

- Scientific name: *Buteo regalis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 8507
- Wikidata: [Q1072109](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1072109)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5181](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5181)

## Names

- en: Ferruginous Hawk
- de: Königsbussard
- es: Aguililla real
- fr: Buse rouilleuse
- nl: Rosse ruigpootbuizerd
- pt: Gavião-ferruginoso
- pl: Myszołów królewski

## Countries with the most observations

US (6952), CA (858), MX (223)

## Summary

The ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) is a large bird of prey and belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks. An old colloquial name is ferrugineous rough-leg, due to its similarity to the closely related rough-legged hawk (B. lagopus).
The generic name buteo is Latin for 'buzzard'. The specific epithet regalis is Latin for 'royal' (from rex, regis, 'king'). The common name 'ferruginous' means 'rust-colored' or 'reddish-brown'.
This species is a large, broad-winged hawk of the open, arid grasslands, prairie and bush steppe country; it is endemic to the interior parts of North America. It is used as a falconry bird in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferruginous_hawk

## Photo

![Ferruginous Hawk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ferruginous-hawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197393453

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ferruginous-hawk?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).