Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Short-tailed Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus

Described by: Vieillot (1816)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Canopy Tower Lodge, Panama - May, 2005 © Richard Stern  Roura, French Guiana - Jul 29, 2002 © Pascal Dubois  Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago - Feb, 2006 © Kent Nickell  Roraima, Brazil - Jul, 2001 © Arthur Grosset  Laguna Manialtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - Feb 3, 2004 © Michael G. Shepard 
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Range

Ne. Mexico s. to sc. South America; Ex. se. United States;
Two populations;
(1) Ex. se. United States (s. Florida) and Mexico (Sinaloa and Tamaulipas including Cozumel Is. off Quintana Roo) to Panama.
(2) South America (below ca. 2100m) Colombia (w. of the Andes, Cauca Valley, Meta) s. to w. Ecuador and e. to Venezuela (w. Zulia, Lara, Trujillo, Merida, Carabobo, nw. Amazonas, c. Bolivar, Chacachacare Is. and Patos Is.), Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and Brazil (Bahia (Chapada Diamantina, Lencois, Boa Nova, Caete-Acu, and Ibiquara) then s. through w. and e. Ecuador, e. Peru (Huanuco, Junin, Cuzco), e. Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, Cochabamba), Paraguay, n. Argentina (Jujuy, Tucuman, Misiones) and Chile(?).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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