Poiana di Ridgway

Buteo ridgwayi

Un piccolo falco scarso di foreste e boschi aperti. L'adulto è molto distintivo con il suo cappuccio grigio e il ventre barrato di arancione. Gli immaturi sono color camoscio chiaro sotto con striature marroni e sono marroni sopra. Gli immaturi si distinguono dalla Poiana codarossa immatura per le piccole dimensioni e, in volo, per l'assenza di barre patagiali scure. Tipicamente piuttosto avvicinabile. Si nutre di un'ampia varietà di prede, inclusi grandi insetti, piccoli uccelli e pipistrelli. Il richiamo comune è un “wee-uh” forte, stridulo e ripetuto.

Identificazione

B. ridgwayi is a medium-sized, compact hawk, measuring 36–41 cm long. The adult has brown-grey upperparts and greyish barred underparts, with a reddish-brown wash, rufous-tinged thighs, and a black-and-white barred tail. The male is greyer than the female, and the legs and the base of bill are yellow.

Tassonomia

Nome scientifico
Buteo ridgwayi
Autorità
(Cory, 1883)
Ordine
Accipitriformi
Famiglia
Accipitridae
Genere
Buteo

Areale e habitat

Ridgway's hawk's original breeding range included all of the island of Hispaniola and some of the adjacent isles and keys, such as Gonâve Island, Île-à-Vache, Tortuga, Beata Island, and Alto Velo Island. However, it has since been extirpated from a large area of the Dominican Republic and almost all of Haiti, due to extensive deforestation and loss of habitat there. It was thought to be completely extirpated from all of Haiti; however, recent expeditions to the islands of Les Cayemites discovered a breeding population there. In the Dominican Republic, the only known surviving populations outside of reintroductions is in and around Los Haitises National Park, and a relict population in the Samaná Peninsula.

Migrazione
Resident species

Conservazione

This bird is described as critically endangered, due to clearance of its forest habitat and persecution by local farmers, who claim that the species preys upon their domestic fowl. Conservationists have countered that poultry is nothing more than a minor element of their diet, and that the Ridgway's hawk has a highly varied prey base, with reptiles comprising up to 90% of its diet. Electrocution from power poles and nestling parasitism by Philornis pici flies are also reasons for population decline. Reintroductions in the Ecological Center of the Puntacana Resort and Club in La Altagracia Province have proven successful; 25 individuals were also released in Aniana Vargas National Park in Sánchez Ramírez Province, with more releases planned. It is proposed that a "Ridgway's Hawk Day" should become a national holiday in the Dominican Republic, in order for the species to become more publicly known and protected.

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