Rufous crab hawk
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteogallus |
| Species: | B. aequinoctialis
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| Buteogallus aequinoctialis (Gmelin, 1788)
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The rufous crab hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) or rufous crab-hawk, is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
It is found along the South American coastline, from eastern Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago to southern Brazil.
Description[]
It is dark brown with a rufous belly and yellow feet.
Habitat[]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Buteogallus aequinoctialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22695808A131937283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22695808A131937283.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Buteogallus
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of the Atlantic Forest
- Birds of prey of South America
- Birds described in 1788
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
- Accipitriformes stubs