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Hawk

Hawks are birds of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae. These birds are widely distributed across the globe and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. As birds of prey, they occupy an important ecological niche in various ecosystems worldwide.

1997: Miami University sports teams become RedHawks

In 1997, the sports teams of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, officially became known as the RedHawks, changing the name from Redskins.

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February 2005: Hawks Ranked Among Most Intelligent Birds

In February 2005, Canadian ornithologist Louis Lefebvre announced a method of measuring avian "IQ", and based on this scale, hawks were named among the most intelligent birds.

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2005: Proposed Subfamily Reclassification

In 2005, Lerner and Mindell proposed reclassifying eagles and sea-eagles into the subfamilies Aquilinae and Haliaaetinae, leaving only buteonine hawks/buzzards in Buteoninae.

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