Family: Accipitridae

Buteo magnirostris;
Roadside Hawk;
Gavião-carijó.

Falco magnirostris GMELIN 1788
Asturina nattereri
SCLATER and SALVIN 1869

This species has been subdivided into numerous subspecies. The local form, restricted to the NE, is B. m. nattereri. See Hellmayr and Conover 1949, and Blake 1977.

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Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
16/10/2005; Fazenda Canaã, Pentecoste, Ceará, Brazil. 200 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 1. The Roadside Hawk is the most common raptor in this region. In Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, I see this hawk nearly every day.

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