Harris's hawk
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Harris's hawks cover captured prey with their wings to hide it from other birds.
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Harris's hawks cover captured prey with their wings to hide it from other birds.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Harris's hawk
- Scientific name
- Parabuteo unicinctus
- Japanese name
- モモアカノスリ（ハリスホーク）
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Parabuteo
Its thighs are red, which gives it the "momoaka" (red thighs) part of its Japanese name.
How the Harris's hawk lives
It is active by day and does not migrate. It mainly eats small mammals such as rats and mice. After spotting prey, the hawks land and take turns flushing it out of its hiding place. All group members help gather food and guard the nest.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Southwestern to northern North America
Where the Harris's hawk has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 栗翅鹰
- 繁體中文
- 栗翅鵟
- 한국어
- harrishawk
- Español
- Busardo mixto
- Français
- Buse de Harris
- Deutsch
- Wüstenbussard
- Português (Brasil)
- Gavião-asa-de-telha
- Italiano
- Poiana di Harris
- العربية
- باز هاريس
- Tiếng Việt
- Diều Harris
- Русский
- Пустынный канюк
- Türkçe
- Harris şahini
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — モモアカノスリ（ハリスホーク）Checked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Parabuteo unicinctusChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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