`Io

Scientific name: Buteo solitarius

USFWS Status: Endangered

Distribution: Hawaii Island

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Found only on the Big Island of Hawaii below 8,500 feet, the endangered `io, or Hawaiian Hawk, glides over the forest canopy preying on small birds, rodents, and insects. It is a symbol of royalty in Hawaiian legend.

Photo © 1992 by Jack Jeffrey

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This page last revised 11 August 2001 by nle


Copyright information: Sound file copyright 1995 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Used with permission.