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− | [[Image:Mangrove_Black_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rb_stern]] | + | [[Image:Mangrove_Black_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rb_stern <br/>Photographed: Playa Blanca, Panama. ]] |
==Identification== | ==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. | |
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− | Sexes are similar, but immature birds are dark brown above with spotting and streaks | + | 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''. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | + | [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]]. | |
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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). | 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). | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
− | + | Pacific mangrove swamps, estuaries and adjacent dry open woodland, | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
It builds a large stick nest in a mangrove tree, and usually lays one dark-blotched whitish egg. | It builds a large stick nest in a mangrove tree, and usually lays one dark-blotched whitish egg. | ||
− | + | Diet includes crabs, and small vertebrates and eggs. | |
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Revision as of 15:26, 16 October 2007
- Buteogallus subtilis
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
Mexico and Central America.
Taxonomy
Recently split from Common Black Hawk. Apparently distinguishable only by habitat and range. 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).
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 includes crabs, and small vertebrates and eggs.