Birds of Brazil

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Genus: Buteogallus (6 species, 9 worldwide)


Rufous Crab Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) Near Threatened French Guiana
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE © All Rights Reserved.

Like the Common Black Hawk, a crab eater in the genus Buteogallus.


Chaco Eagle (Buteogallus coronatus) Endangered
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Chaco Eagle (Buteogallus coronatus) Immature Endangered Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


White-necked Hawk (Buteogallus lacernulatus) Vulnerable ENDEMIC Vale Reserve, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Photograph by Brendan Ryan Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) Magdalena Valley, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) Immature French Guiana
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE © All Rights Reserved.

A large and common hawk found in open areas.
In flight.
Perched, from back.


Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia The white band on the tail differentiates this medium-size hawk from the less common Slender-billed Kite (ProAves).
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Some white marks from the front as well.


Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga urubitinga) Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) Immature Panama
Photograph by Tim Lenz Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

An eagle-sized Hawk that eats crabs like the Common Black Hawk, but also rodents, fish and birds.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba