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Great Black Hawk
jmorlan

Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga urubitinga)

This is an adult. Juveniles are buffy brown and heavily spotted below. Two subspecies are recognized. This is the nominate race found in South America. Another race found in Middle America differs in that their adults have two black tail bands instead of just one. Normally thought to be resident, a recent record from Maine created great excitement in the birding community. Unfortunately it succumbed to frostbite and had to be euthanized. This species can be confused with the similar but smaller Common Black Hawk (B. anthracinus) but genetic studies have shown that the two are not each other's closest relatives. For this reason the AOU decided to follow SACC and remove the hyphen from "Black-Hawk." The hyphen implied a false monophyletic relationship. See: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop515.htm
Location
Rio Amazonas, Iquitos, Peru.
Date taken
9 June 2019
Scientific name
Buteogallus urubitinga urubitinga
Equipment used
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
A well detailed study of this striking hawk, Joseph.
 
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A cracking picture you've taken of this magnificent guy Joe.

Excellent work - very well done laddie.
 

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Central & South America & Mexico
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