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Scientific
name:
Geranospiza caerulescens |
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Family name:
Accipitridae |
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Are they endangered? They
are not endangered worldwide. (IUCN Redlist Least
Concern) |
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What are their past/present problems?
Humans hunt them in their habitat. |
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What do they look like? It
has orange or red eyes and really long, orange legs.
Crane Hawks are mostly dark gray on the rest of their
body with a couple of white stripes across their tails.
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How big are they? These
birds are about 20 inches long and their wings spread
out to as much as 40 inches wide. |
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How many eggs do they lay?
These birds lay two white eggs once a year. The female
sits on the eggs and they hatch in a little more then a
month. |
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How long do the
fledglings stay in the nest?
Their nests are from the middle to the top of trees.
The young birds (fledglings) stay in the nest for a
month. |
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When do they hunt?
Hunts in the daytime. (diurnal) |
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What do they eat?
Likes lizards, frogs, baby birds, and MICE!
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Where do they live? Found
in South America, the United States, and Central America. |
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What kind of place do
they like to live in? Forests,
low lying land, swamps. |
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Interesting facts:
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This bird will stick its long talons inside of holes in
trees, tropical plants, or cracks in tree trunks to get
its food. |
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This bird doesn’t migrate. |
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When they get angry, the feathers on their heads rise. |
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These birds are harriers and fly low to the ground to
get prey. |
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