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 LC    Great Black Hawk* Id (Atlas):
    Buteogallus urubitinga

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
64 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (66)...)

 
Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) [XC57986]
     by Daniel Lane from Esta\u00e7\u00e3o de Pesquisa do Cangu\u00e7u - Pium - Tocantins State, Brazil (song, song of a juvenile)

 
Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) [XC48401]
     by Fabricio Gorleri from Rio Iguazu, Yacutinga Lodge, Andresito, Misiones, Argentina (alarm whistle)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • ridgwayi (Gurney Sr, 1884)   -  Mexico (central Sonora and southern Tamaulipas) south to western Panama.
  • urubitinga (Gmelin, 1788)   -  Eastern Panama, west of Andes south to western Ecuador, and east of Andes east to the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, and south through eastern Bolivia and Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina (Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) - 10 files


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