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Rough-Legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

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Description:

A hawk of the North, the Rough-legged Hawk breeds in Arctic tundra and taiga regions around the northern hemisphere. Both dark and light forms are common, with many birds intermediate between the extremes.

Reference Links:

Rough-legged Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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