Madagascar Buzzard
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| Madagascar Buzzard | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.) |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteo |
| Species: | B. brachypterus |
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| Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub, 1860 |
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The Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2][3][4]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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[edit] References
- ^ BirdLife International 2004. Buteo brachypterus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1370499
- ^ http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v098n03/p0624-p0627.pdf
- ^ "Ecology of the Madagascar buzzard in the rain forest of the Masoala Peninsula". Rrc.boisestate.edu. http://rrc.boisestate.edu/Abstracts/Berkelman%20abstract.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
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