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Definition of Rough-legged hawk
1. Noun. Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.
Generic synonyms: Hawk
Group relationships: Buteo, Genus Buteo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough-legged Hawk
Literary usage of Rough-legged hawk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"The American rough-legged hawk Breeding in North Dakota,— a Correction.—In the
October number of 'The Auk/ 1901 (Vol. XVIII, p. 393), I recorded a supposed ..."
2. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"American rough-legged hawk. Migrant; common fall visitant. Less common in the
spring. Winnipeg: Rare migrant; "have seen only three specimens in as many ..."
3. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"rough-legged hawk. Hab. Northern portions of the old world; ... American Rough-legged
Hawk. Hab. Whole of North America, north of Mexican boundary breeding ..."
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