Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

Spanish: Aguililla camino

Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
Photographed by adriang100 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) is a relatively small bird of prey found in the Americas. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is now usually placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.

TaxonomyAves › Accipitriformes › Accipitridae
Local records52 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records35,664 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2025 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/rupornis-magnirostris/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.