Harris's hawk

It is a carnivore whose habitat is shrubland, and its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

Weight

689.7 g – 1.03 kgsrc for Weight

Length

46 cm – 59 cmsrc for Length

Wingspan

1.1 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

15 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

25 years

Main food

vertebratessrc for Main food

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

34.3 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

2.92src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The harris's hawk is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusParabuteo
7. SpeciesParabuteo unicinctus (Temminck, 1824)

Synonyms Falco unicinctus, Parabuteo unicintus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

White-rumped hawk

Parabuteo leucorrhous

Accipitridae

CompareHarris's hawk vs White-rumped hawk

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@misc{harriss_hawk_2026,
  title = {Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/harriss-hawk},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}