Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk
| Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk | |
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| Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (guaraguao de bosque) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteo |
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| Subspecies: | B. p. brunnescens
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| Trinomial name | |
| Buteo platypterus brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935[2]Buteo platypterus brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935; Taxonomic Serial No.: 824491. ITIS. Retrieved 12 September 2013.</ref>
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The Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens) is an endangered[3] subspecies of the broad-winged hawk (B. platypterus). It is a small hawk that occurs in Puerto Rico,[4] inhabiting the Toro Negro State Forest.[5] Its Spanish common name is guaragüao de bosque.
See also[]
- Birds of Puerto Rico
- Fauna of Puerto Rico
- List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
References[]
- ^ Federal Register entry
- ^ Lepage, Denis (24 June 2003). "Broad-winged Hawk (Puerto Rican) (Buteo platypterus brunnescens) Danforth & Smyth, 1935". Avibase.
- ^ Caribbean Endangered and Threatened Animals. US FWS. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ Hengstenberg, D. W.; Vilella, F. J. (2005). "Nesting ecology and behaviour of Broad-winged Hawks in moist karst forest of Puerto Rico" (PDF). Journal of Raptor Research. 39 (4): 404–416.
- ^ Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
Further reading[]
- U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service. 1997. Puerto Rican Broad-winged Hawk and Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned Hawk Recovery Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Georgia. 30pp.
- Broad-winged Hawk, Life History, All About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
- "Species account: Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus". Global Raptor Information Network. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
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