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Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in 27 of 75 counties and 5 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
27 of 75 counties
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
27 of 75 counties
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 5

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County
WinterCentral Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus; Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and BarrensStanding water on a limestone glade. Shown: Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens State Natural Area, Rutherford County, Tennessee, a neighboring state.Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

WinterCentral Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus; Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterSoutheastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie; West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie; West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (41)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.

  • Barren Land Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Winter.
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Winter.
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 27 of 75 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 631

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 213

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources