Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

Photos Taken By: Lorrie Jo Williams

The Swainson’s Hawk is listed as threatened by the California Department of Fish and Game, and as a Federal Species of Concern with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

For specific information on the identification, distribution and natural history of the Swainson’s Hawk see the links below.

Links:

California Dept. of Fish and Game (CDFG): http://www.dfg.ca.gov/rap/projects/swainsonhawk/

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Swainsons_Hawk.html

Point Reyes Bird Observatory: http://www.prbo.org/calpif/htmldocs/species/riparian/swainsons_hawk.htm

CDFG Swainson’s hawk survey protocol/methodology: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/species/docs/swain_proto.pdf

University of California Davis, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vgl/wildlife/projects/swainsons.html

Friends of the Swainson’s hawk: www.swainsonshawk.org

University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Buteo_swainsoni.html

U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i3420id.html