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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and [[French Guiana]]. | [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and [[French Guiana]]. | ||
Revision as of 00:00, 23 July 2019
- Buteogallus schistaceus
Identification
45-48 cm (17¼-19 in)
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. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- SACC proposal] for taxonomy including this species
- Amaral, F.S.R., Miller, M.J., Silveira, L.F., Bermingham, E. & Wajntal, A. (2006) Polyphyly of the hawk genera Leucopternis and Buteogallus (Aves, Accipitridae): multiple habitat shifts during the Neotropical buteonine diversification. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6(10): 1–21.
- Bierregaard, R.O., Jr, Boesman, P. & Marks, J.S. (2019). Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53101 on 22 July 2019).
- Global Raptor Information Network. 2019. Species account: Slate-colored Hawk Buteogallus schistaceus. Downloaded from http://www.globalraptors.org on 22 Jul. 2019
- Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/slchaw2
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Slate-colored Hawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slate-colored_Hawk
