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Photo by Aracari
Igarape Jauari, Serra do Araca State Park, AM,Brazil, January 2007

Buteogallus urubitinga

Identification

Immature
Photo by Dave B Smith
Tobago, March 2011

51–64 cm (20-25 in)

Black overall plumage
White on the base and the tip of the tail
Yellow legs and cere.

Variations

Extent of white on tail and color of lores is variable; subspecies ridgwayi has two white bands on the tail, of which the upper is narrow and often concealed, and slaty lores. This subspecies also often shows some white barring on thighs.

Similar species

Compare with Common Black Hawk and the rare Solitary Eagle

Distribution

Central and South America: found from Mexico to Bolivia, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Juvenile
Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias
Brasília, Brazil

There are two subspecies^[1]:

B. u. ridgwayi:

Lowlands of northern Mexico to western Panama

B. u. urubitinga:

Eastern Panama through South America to northern Argentina

Habitat

Habitats from open country to forest but is normally to be seen near water.

Behaviour

Diet

A wide variety of prey, including birds, rodents, land crabs, frogs and fish. They are also known to eat fruit.

Have been observed feeding in the company of caracaras and vultures.

Gallery

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Subspecies urubitinga
Photo by Stanley Jones
Puerto Jofre, Mato Grosso, Brazil, August 2015
Subspecies ridgwayi
Photo by Friesen Gerald Friesen
Yucatan, Mexico, February 2018

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/
Bierregaard, R.O., Jr, Boesman, P. & Kirwan, G.M. (2019). Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga). 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/53113 on 3 July 2019).
Global Raptor Information Network. 2019. Species account: Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga. Downloaded from http://www.globalraptors.org on 2 Jul. 2019
van Dort, J. (2019). Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.grbhaw1.01

List of references

Recommended Citation

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 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Bierregaard, R.O., Jr, Boesman, P. & Kirwan, G.M. (2019). Great Black Hawk (''Buteogallus urubitinga''). 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/53113 on 3 July 2019).
+#Global Raptor Information Network. 2019. Species account: Great Black Hawk ''Buteogallus urubitinga''. Downloaded from http://www.globalraptors.org on 2 Jul. 2019
+#van Dort, J. (2019). Great Black Hawk (''Buteogallus urubitinga''), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.grbhaw1.01
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