Roadside hawk | |
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In Goiás, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
Genus: | Rupornis Kaup, 1844 |
Species: | R. magnirostris
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Binomial name | |
Rupornis magnirostris (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Synonyms | |
Buteo magnirostris |
The roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) is a relatively small bird of prey found in the Americas. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is now usually placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.[2]
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