|
|
Line 1: |
Line 1: |
− | ;[[:Category:Buteogallus|Buteogallus]] subtilis
| + | #REDIRECT [[Common Black Hawk]] |
− | [[Image:Mangrove_Black_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rb_stern <br/>Photographed: Playa Blanca, Panama. ]]
| |
− | ==Identification==
| |
− | 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.
| |
− | | |
− | Sexes are similar, but immature birds are dark brown above with spotting and streaks.
| |
− | | |
− | The call is a piping ''spink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink''.
| |
− | ==Distribution==
| |
− | Restricted to the Pacific coast of eastern Panama south to north-western Peru. Much earlier confusion over its range, with some sources suggesting it occurs as far north as Mexico, but this now known to be mistaken.
| |
− | ==Taxonomy==
| |
− | Taxonomy has been surrounded by much confusion. Recent work fail to support the case for species status, instead presenting strong evidence for listing it as a subspecies, ''B. anthracinus subtilis'', of the [[Common Black Hawk]].
| |
− | ==Habitat==
| |
− | Pacific mangrove swamps, estuaries and adjacent dry open woodland,
| |
− | ==Behaviour==
| |
− | It builds a large stick nest in a mangrove tree, and usually lays one dark-blotched whitish egg.
| |
− | ====Diet====
| |
− | Diet includes crabs, and small vertebrates and eggs.
| |
− | ==External Links==
| |
− | {{GSearch|Buteogallus+subtilis}}
| |
− | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Buteogallus]]
| |