#bueto

[jadafitch]

Day 12 of Avian August 2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves: ʻIo or Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius)

The 'io is Hawaii’s only native hawk, and found nowhere else in the world. Once sacred to Hawaiian royalty, it’s still a living symbol of the islands’ wild spirit. *Tree featured is the native Hawaiian species, Olopua or Hawai'i Olive (Notelaea sandwicensis)

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I'm not positive, Coopers hawk

[bygone-birds]

The oldest fossil record of Buteo (Aves, Accipitridae) from the Late Miocene of Italy and its evolutionary implications