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{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Harris's hawk | image = Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) 3 of 4 in set.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Parabuteo unicinctus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22695838A93529685 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695838A93529685.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Parabuteo | species = unicinctus | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = ''P. u. harrisi''<br />''P. u. unicinctus'' | authority = ([[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1824) | synonyms = ''Falco harrisii'' <small>Audubon 1839</small><br /> ''Buteo harrisii'' <small>Bonaparte 1839</small>, <small>Audubon 1840</small> <br /> ''Craxirex harrisii'' <small>Coues 1870</small> <br /> ''Falco unicinctus'' <small>Temminck 1824</small><br /> ''Morphnus unicinctus'' <small>Lesson 1828</small><br /> ''Nisus unicinctus'' <small>Cuvier 1829</small><br /> ''Buteo unicinctus'' <small>Gray 1844</small><br /> ''Hypomorphnus unicinctus'' <small>Cab. & Tschudi 1844</small><br /> ''Spizageranus unicinctus'' <small>Kaup 1845</small><br /> ''Craxirex unicinctus'' <small>Bonaparte 1854</small><br /> ''Asturina unicincta'' <small>Burm. 1855</small><br /> ''Urubitinga unicincta'' <small>Sclater 1871</small><br /> ''Buteo unicinctus harrisii'' <small>Coues 1872</small><br /> ''Erythrocnema unicinctus'' <small>Sharpe 1874</small><br /> ''Polyborus tænurius'' <small>Tschudi 1844</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Sharpe1874" /> | range_map = Parabuteo unicinctus range map.png | range_map_caption = Distribution map of ''Parabuteo unicinctus'' }} '''Harris's hawk''' ('''''Parabuteo unicinctus'''''), formerly also known as '''bay-winged hawk''' or '''dusky hawk''', and known in Latin America as the '''peuco''', is a medium-large [[bird of prey]] that breeds from the [[southwestern United States]] south to [[Chile]], central [[Argentina]], and [[Brazil]]. The name is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''para'', meaning beside, near or like, and the [[Latin]] ''buteo'', referring to a kind of buzzard; ''uni'' meaning once; and ''cinctus'' meaning girdled, referring to the white band at the tip of the tail.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jobling |first=James A. |title=A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names |year=1991 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-854634-4}}</ref> [[John James Audubon]] gave this bird its English name in honor of his ornithological companion, financial supporter, and friend [[Edward Harris (ornithologist)|Edward Harris]].<ref>{{cite web |author=National Audubon Society |url=http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F2_G2a.html |title=Audubon |publisher=Audubon |access-date=2013-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409153815/http://www.audubon.org/bird/boa/F2_G2a.html |archive-date=2008-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Harris's hawk is notable for its behavior of hunting cooperatively in [[Pack hunter|packs]] consisting of tolerant groups, while other raptors often hunt alone. Harris's hawks' social nature has been attributed to their intelligence, which makes them easy to train and has made them a popular bird for use in falconry.<ref name=beebe>Beebe, Frank (1984). ''A Falconry Manual.'' Hancock House Publishers, {{ISBN|0-88839-978-2}}, page 81.</ref>
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