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Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), formerly known as the bay-winged hawk or dusky hawk, and known in Latin America as the peuco, is a medium-large bird of prey that breeds from the southwestern United States south to Chile, central Argentina, and Brazil.
Harris's hawk Parabuteo unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) Three subspecies. ... White-rumped hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Andes; southern Atlantic forest:
Harris hawks were known to falconers but unusual. For example, the book lists a falconry meet on four days in August 1971 at White Hill and Leafield in Dumfriesshire in Scotland; the hawks flown were 11 goshawks and one Harris hawk. The book felt it necessary to say what a Harris hawk is. The usual species for a beginner was a kestrel.
The most extreme known species of accipitrid in terms of sociality is the Harris's hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus), which up to seven fully-grown birds may hunt, nest and brood cooperatively, with the extra birds typically being prior years' offspring of the breeding pair.
Rufus the Hawk is a Harris's Hawk used by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to keep pigeons away from their venue. Described as an "important member of the Wimbledon family", [1] Rufus has been scaring away the birds for fifteen years, [2] taking over from the previous hawk, Hamish.
Cuban black hawk, Buteogallus gundlachii – formerly included in B. anthracinus; Great black hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga; Savanna hawk, Buteogallus meridionalis; Chaco eagle, Buteogallus coronatus; Solitary eagle, Buteogallus solitarius; Rupornis Kaup, 1844: Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) Parabuteo Ridgway, 1874: Harris's hawk ...
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Harris was commemorated by Audubon in the common names of the Harris's hawk, the Harris's sparrow, and the Harris's antelope squirrel, and by John Cassin in the binomial of the buff-fronted owl, Aegolius harrisii. Edward Harris introduced the Percheron horse to America in 1839 and established the first Percheron breeding line in the United States.