Rufous crab hawk
| Rufous crab hawk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteogallus |
| Species: | B. aequinoctialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Buteogallus aequinoctialis (Gmelin, 1788)
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The rufous crab hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) or rufous crab-hawk, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
It is found along the South American coastline, from eastern Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago to southern Brazil.
Description
It is dark brown with a rufous belly and yellow feet.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
References
- ^ BirdLife International 2018. Buteogallus aequinoctialis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22695808A131937283. Downloaded on 9. July 2019.
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