Thursday, February 23, 2012

>Buteogallus aequinoctialis (Rufous Crab Hawk)


Rufous Crab Hawk




Rufous Crab Hawk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes
(or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Buteogallus
Species:B. aequinoctialis
Binomial name
Buteogallus aequinoctialis
(Gmelin, 1788)
The Rufous Crab Hawk or Rufous Crab-hawk, (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in BrazilFrench GuianaGuyanaSurinameTrinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forestsand subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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