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[[Image:Slate-colored_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Douglas Bolt]] | [[Image:Slate-colored_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Douglas Bolt]] | ||
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[[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and [[French Guiana]]. | [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and [[French Guiana]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.<br /> |
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Swamps. | Swamps. | ||
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The diet includes frogs, crabs, snakes, and small mammals. | The diet includes frogs, crabs, snakes, and small mammals. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop492.html SACC proposal]] for taxonomy including this species |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category: | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Buteogallus]] |
Revision as of 18:56, 16 August 2014
- Buteogallus schistaceus
Identification
Medium slate-grey in colour, contrasting white horizontal banding on its tail feathers, white breast with vertical black markings. It has a large orange cere at the base of its beak, and large yellow eyes.
Distribution
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and French Guiana.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1.
Formerly placed in genus Leucopternis.
Habitat
Swamps.
Behaviour
The diet includes frogs, crabs, snakes, and small mammals.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- SACC proposal] for taxonomy including this species
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Slate-colored Hawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slate-colored_Hawk
