Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo lagopus (Rough-legged Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo regalis
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Rough-legged Hawk at Badlands National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there