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| − | [[Image:Mangrove_Black_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rb_stern <br/>Photographed: Playa Blanca, Panama. ]] | |
| − | ==Identification==
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| − | 43-53cm long and 930g. Broad wings, black with brownish cast to upper-wings. The short tail is black with a single broad white band and a white tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow.
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| − | Sexes are similar, but immature birds are dark brown above with spotting and streaks.
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| − | The call is a piping ''spink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink''.
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| − | ==Distribution==
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| − | [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]].
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| − | ==Taxonomy==
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| − | Recently split from Common Black Hawk. Apparently distinguishable only by habitat and range.
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| − | The Mangrove Black Hawk (Buteogallus subtilis) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus).
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| − | ==Habitat==
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| − | Pacific mangrove swamps, estuaries and adjacent dry open woodland,
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| − | ==Behaviour==
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| − | It builds a large stick nest in a mangrove tree, and usually lays one dark-blotched whitish egg.
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| − | Diet includes crabs, and small vertebrates and eggs.
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | {{GSearch|Buteogallus+subtilis}}
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| − | [[Category:Birds]]
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