- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold hawk, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the hawk
Hawks are birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, found on every continent except Antarctica. The group is usually split into accipitrine hawks, such as goshawks and sparrowhawks, and buteonine hawks, which are called buzzards in many parts of the world. Accipitrines are mainly woodland birds with short broad wings and long tails that hunt by dashing suddenly from a concealed perch, while buteos have broad wings and sturdy builds and pounce on prey after descending. Hawks have very sharp vision, and like most birds they migrate in autumn and spring, with the autumn season running from August to mid-December.
Hawk facts
- Hawks have two foveae in each eye, and Buteo hawks have up to 1,000,000 photoreceptors per square mm, compared with 200,000 in humans.
- Falconry was once called hawking.
- A 2005 measure of feeding innovation named hawks among the most intelligent birds.
- Hawks are tetrachromats, but unlike some birds they cannot see ultraviolet light.
Where to see hawk in the U.S.
3 zoos across 2 states
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1 more zoo holds hawk but has no coordinates on file yet, so it isn't ranked here. It's in the full list below.
Alaska· 2
California· 1
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Built from each zoo's own published animal list.
