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[[Image:Hawaiian_hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|bkrownd|bkrownd}} <br />[[Volcanoes National Park]], [[Hawaii]] August 2007]]
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'''Alternative name:  'Io'''
[[Image:Hawaiian_Hawk.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by bkrownd <br/>LocationSaddle Road powerline service road, eastern saddle, Hawai'i ]]
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;[[:Category:Buteo|Buteo]] solitarius
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
40 to 46 cm. The female is larger than the male. Two colour phases exist: a dark phase (dark brown head, breast, and underwings), and a light colour phase (dark head, light breast and light underwings). Feet and legs are yellow in adults and green in juveniles.
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37–46 cm (14½-18 in); the female is larger than the male<br />
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Two colour morphs:<br />
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*'''Dark phase'''
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**Dark brown head, breast, and underwings
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*'''Light phase'''
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**Dark head, light breast and light underwings<br />
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Feet and legs are yellow in adults and green in juveniles
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:34627768892 8d585778bd o.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Cubbybear1963|Cubbybear1963}}<br />Mana Road, [[Hawaii]] Island, April 2017]]
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[[Hawaii]].  Restricted to the island of Hawai'i, where it is widely distributed at all elevations, in both natural and disturbed habitats.
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It is possible that some of them may occasionally stray to Maui County, but they have never been recorded regularly there.
  
==Distribution==
 
[[Hawaii]]
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Present in all habitats on Hawaii Island, from coastline to treeline.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
They nest from March through September, 1 egg is laid. The female incubates for 38 days.  After the egg is hatched, the female only allows the male to visit when delivering food to the nest. The chick fledges at seven or eight weeks.  
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====Breeding====
 
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The breeding season runs from March to August. The clutch usually consists of a single egg which is incubated by the female for 38 days.  After the egg is hatched, the male is only allowed near the nest to bring. The chick fledges at seven or eight weeks.  
Diet includes rodents, insects, small birds, and some game birds.  
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====Diet====
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Diet includes small mammals, rodents, insects, small birds. They do catch introduced rodent species too.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)
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#BF Member observations
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Buteo solitarius" {{!}} "Hawaiian Hawk"}}
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==External Links==
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Buteo]]
{{GSearch|Buteo+solitarius}}
 
[[Category:Birds]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:11, 4 June 2023

Photo by bkrownd
Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii August 2007

Alternative name: 'Io

Buteo solitarius

Identification

37–46 cm (14½-18 in); the female is larger than the male
Two colour morphs:

  • Dark phase
    • Dark brown head, breast, and underwings
  • Light phase
    • Dark head, light breast and light underwings

Feet and legs are yellow in adults and green in juveniles

Distribution

Photo by Cubbybear1963
Mana Road, Hawaii Island, April 2017

Hawaii. Restricted to the island of Hawai'i, where it is widely distributed at all elevations, in both natural and disturbed habitats.

It is possible that some of them may occasionally stray to Maui County, but they have never been recorded regularly there.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Present in all habitats on Hawaii Island, from coastline to treeline.

Behaviour

Breeding

The breeding season runs from March to August. The clutch usually consists of a single egg which is incubated by the female for 38 days. After the egg is hatched, the male is only allowed near the nest to bring. The chick fledges at seven or eight weeks.

Diet

Diet includes small mammals, rodents, insects, small birds. They do catch introduced rodent species too.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)
  3. BF Member observations
  4. Wikipedia

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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