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Buteo lagopus
Roughleg, Rough-legged Buzzard, Rough-legged Hawk
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Probably Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Accipitriformes, Family Accipitridae, Genus Buteo, Species Buteo lagopus


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		IA: S5N
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Alagnak Wild River	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Badlands National Park
Bandelier National Monument	Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Big Bend National Park	Big Hole National Battlefield
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bryce Canyon National Park
Buffalo National River	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chiricahua National Monument
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colonial National Historical Park
Colorado National Monument	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Denali National Park and Preserve	Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fossil Butte National Monument	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier National Park	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historical Park	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Basin National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Joshua Tree National Park
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Kenai Fjords National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lava Beds National Monument
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Mojave National Preserve	Monocacy National Battlefield
Mount Rainier National Park	National Capital Parks-East
Natural Bridges National Monument	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Niobrara National Scenic River
Noatak National Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park	Padre Island National Seashore
Petrified Forest National Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pinnacles National Park	Pipe Spring National Monument
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Redwood National Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wind Cave National Park	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Wupatki National Monument	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	3/30/2006

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