Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)

Other Names (World)
Common Black Hawk, Common Black-Hawk, Black Hawk, Lesser Black Hawk, Cuban Black Hawk (gundlachii)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
46 - 51 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Deppe, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, swamp forest, mangroves. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (49)...)

Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) [XC125687]
by Zach Smith from Finca Patracinio, Retalhuleu, Guatemala (call)

Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) [XC567439]
by Richard E. Webster from Costa del Este, near Panama City, Panama (song)

Subspecies
Buteogallus anthracinus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) and Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) following AOU (2007). Mangrove Black Hawk (Buteogallus subtilis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993; Stotz et al. 1996) is now lumped with Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) following SACC (2007) and AOU (2008).

Taxonomy controversial. Sometimes considered to include Mangrove Black Hawk (Buteogallus subtilis). Subspecies gundlachii may be valid species. Subspecies gundlachii and especially utilensis sometimes included in nominate. Populations of St Vincent (Lesser Antilles) and south-western USA sometimes awarded separate subspecies, respectively cancrivora and micronyx. Forms superspecies with Mangrove Black Hawk (Buteogallus subtilis).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

anthracinus (Deppe, 1830) - South-western and southern USA (southern Utah and Arizona to Texas) through Central America to Panama and northern Colombia, then along Caribbean coast to north-western Guyana, Trinidad and St Vincent (Lesser Antilles); penetrates inland to Huila, Colombia.
utilensis Twomey, 1956 - Canc�n I and Cozumel I, off Yucat�n; Utila I and Guanaja I, in Gulf of Honduras; and perhaps other adjacent islands.
rhizophorae Monroe, 1963 - Pacific coast of El Salvador and Honduras; probably from extreme south-western Mexico (Chiapas) locally to Nicaragua.
bangsi (Swann, 1922) - Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama, including Pearl Is.
subtilis (Thayer & Bangs, 1905) - Pacific coast of Colombia (and offshore islands), Ecuador and adjacent extreme northern Peru (Tumbes).
gundlachii (Cabanis, 1855) - Cuba and Isle of Pines.

References
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Files:

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