| Savanna hawk | |
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| In the Pantanal, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteogallus |
| Species: | B. meridionalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Buteogallus meridionalis (Latham, 1790)
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sh-uwi-2014was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "EBird Checklist - 21 Sep 1974 - Tijuana River Valley--west of Hollister - 71 species (+4 other taxa)". 21 September 1974.