Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis), juvenile

Distrito federal, Brazil.

 

It's a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. The species ranges from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia, a large part of Brazil, Uruguay and central Argentina.

 

Immature birds are similar to the adults but have darker, duller upperparts, paler underparts with coarser barring, and a whitish supercilium.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna_hawk

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Subfamily: Buteoninae

Genus: Buteogallus Lesson, 1830

Species: B. meridionalis (Latham, 1790)

Binomial name: Buteogallus meridionalis

Synonyms: Heterospizias meridionalis

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