Is one of the most widespread raptors of the neotropics, which is found from northern Mexico south to Argentina. The Roadside Hawk is a little hawk with rounded short wings that have a rufus patch very evident while flying. Males are smaller than females.
References
Rodriguez-Flores C. & M.C. Arizmendi. 2010. Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=126516