Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
Described by: Pontoppidan (1763)
Alternate common name(s): Roughleg, Rough-legged Buzzard
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors
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(1) N. Europe from n. Scandinavia e. across n. Russia to the Ob River and Yenisey in n. Siberia.
Winters mostly in c. Europe from the British Isles and c. Russia and c. Asia.
(2) Ne. Asia e. of the Ob River and Yenisey River to the Chukotski Peninsula.
Winters s. in c. Asia in s. Siberia, n. China and n. Japan.
(3) Kamchatka along the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk and the n. Kuril Is.
Presumed to winter in ec. Asia.
(4) E. Aleutians, w. and n. Alaska s. to Kodiak Island and n. Canada in n. Yukon, arctic islands n. to Banks Is., Prince Patrick Is., Victoria Is., Bylot Is. and sw. Baffin Is., n. Labrador s. to n. and se. Mackenzie, n. Manitoba, n. Ontario, n. Quebec and Newfoundland.
Winters s. from sc. Alaska and s. Canada as far as the c. United States.
North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: Aleutians, w. and c. ALK, n. Canada in n. YUK, n. MAC and n. KEE, s. Baffin Is., n. QUE, LAB and c. NFD;
Winter: s. in s. BCO, s. ALB, s. SAS, ex. sw. MAN, ex. s. ONT and s. in the United States in WAS, ORG to s. CAL, IDH, MON, WYO, NEV, UTH, c. ARZ, s. NMX, COL, NDK, SDK, NEB, KAN, OKA, c. TEX, MIN, WIS, IWA, MOU, ARK, nw. LOU, ILL, MIC, IND, OHO, w. and n. KTY, w. TEN, WVA, NYK, PEN, MYD, VIR, DEL, ex. ne. NCA, NJY, VMT, CNT, RID, NHP, MAS, e. and c. MAE. Irregular further s.
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Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics
Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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