Savanna hawk

Savanna hawk
In the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteogallus
Species:
B. meridionalis
Binomial name
Buteogallus meridionalis
(Latham, 1790)
Synonyms

Heterospizias meridionalis

The savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. It breeds from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Uruguay and central Argentina.[2] There are also reports of it in California, from 1973 in Alameda County and from 1974 in San Diego County.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Buteogallus meridionalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22695832A168793019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22695832A168793019.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sh-uwi-2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "EBird Checklist - 21 Sep 1974 - Tijuana River Valley--west of Hollister - 71 species (+4 other taxa)". 21 September 1974.