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Savanna Hawk
Sign in to saveAlso known as Buteogallus meridionalis, Heterospizias meridionalis
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Buteogallus
- Mass
- 845.8
- Image
- Savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis).JPG
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Buteogallus meridionalis
- taxon name
- Buteogallus meridionalis
- taxon common name
- Paganni
- wingspan
- 130.5
- litter size
- 1
- egg incubation period
- 39
- taxon range
- Couto Magalhães
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Encyclopedic overview
The savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. It breeds from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Uruguay and central Argentina. There are also reports of it in California, from 1973 in Alameda County and from 1974 in San Diego County.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Savanna Hawk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.