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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
40 to 46 cm. The female is larger than the male. Two colour phases exist: a dark phase (dark brown head, breast, and underwings), and a light colour phase (dark head, light breast and light underwings). Feet and legs are yellow in adults and green in juveniles. | 40 to 46 cm. The female is larger than the male. Two colour phases exist: a dark phase (dark brown head, breast, and underwings), and a light colour phase (dark head, light breast and light underwings). Feet and legs are yellow in adults and green in juveniles. |
Revision as of 07:20, 23 October 2007
- Buteo solitarius
Identification
40 to 46 cm. The female is larger than the male. Two colour phases exist: a dark phase (dark brown head, breast, and underwings), and a light colour phase (dark head, light breast and light underwings). Feet and legs are yellow in adults and green in juveniles.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
They nest from March through September, 1 egg is laid. The female incubates for 38 days. After the egg is hatched, the female only allows the male to visit when delivering food to the nest. The chick fledges at seven or eight weeks.
Diet includes rodents, insects, small birds, and some game birds.