Tag: Buteo brachyurus

A feeding record of the Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus in itssouthern range

Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) Science Article 1 abstract The Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus occurs from south USA through Central America, and south to northern Argentina and Chile (Thiollay 1994). This species is found to be uncommon, although widespread in large areas of South America (Robinson 1994, Manosa et al. 2003, Blendinger et al. 2004). Buteo […]

Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo brachyurus | [authority] Vieillot, 1816 | [UK] Short-tailed Hawk | [FR] Buse a queue courte | [DE] Kurzschwanz-Bussard | [ES] Busardo Colicorto | [NL] Kortstaartbuizerd Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted for soaring. The bill, legs and talons […]