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 LC    Short-tailed Hawk* Id (Atlas):
    Buteo brachyurus

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
35 - 41 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vieillot, 1816

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m, occasionally to 2,500 m.

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

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

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) [XC780738]
     by id from Sugar Mill Ruins, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, United States (flight call, screams of short-tailed hawk, keek series from red-shouldered hawk)

Subspecies
Has been considered to include White-throated Hawk (Buteo albigula), either as subspecies or within single monotypic species, but no intergradation reported, despite possible overlap of ranges. Forms superspecies with White-throated Hawk (Buteo albigula).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • fuliginosus Sclater, PL, 1858   -  Southern Florida (USA); eastern Mexico to Panama.
  • brachyurus Vieillot, 1816   -  Colombia south to western Ecuador, east to the Guianas and Brazil, and south through eastern Peru and eastern Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba) to Paraguay and northern Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán, Misiones).



References
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Files:
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