Family: Accipitridae

Buteogallus urubitinga;
Great Black Hawk;
Gavião-preto.

This species is not a common sight in Ceará. The photo, though blurred and underexposed, shows the characteristic tail pattern of B. urubitinga: the proximal half of the rectrices is white, and the distal half is black, with a slim white tip. See Hilty and Brown 1986, plate IV.
Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)
07/10/2007; Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. 200 mm f2.8 lens.