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Common Black-Hawk


Common Black-Hawk
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Copyright: Luis Vargas (Chiza) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 34 W: 0 N: 197] (964)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-09
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-14 20:21
Viewed: 472
Points: 12
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Common Black Hawk
From Wikipedia

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteogallus
Species:B. anthracinus

Binomial name
Buteogallus anthracinus
(Deppe, 1830)

The Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. It formerly included the Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) as a subspecies. On the contrary, the Mangrove Black Hawk, traditionally considered a distinct species, is now generally considered a subspecies, subtilis, of the Common Black Hawk.[1]

The Common Black Hawk is a breeding bird in the warmer parts of the Americas, from the Southwestern United States through Central America to Venezuela, Peru, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles.

This is a mainly coastal, resident bird of mangrove swamps, estuaries and adjacent dry open woodland, though there are inland populations, including a migratory population in northwestern Mexico and Arizona.

The adult Common Black Hawk is 43–53 cm long and weighs 930g on average. It has very broad wings, and is mainly black or dark gray. The short tail is black with a single broad white band and a white tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow.

Sexes are similar, but immature birds are dark brown above with spotting and streaks. Their underparts are buff to whitish with dark blotches, and the tail has a number of black and white bars.

The Common Black Hawk feeds mainly on crabs, but will also take small vertebrates and eggs. This species is often seen soaring, with occasional lazy flaps, and has a talon-touching aerial courtship display. The call of the Common Black Hawk is a distinctive piping spink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink.

It builds a platform nest of sticks fifteen to one hundred feet above the ground in a tree, often a mangrove. Nests are often reused and tend to grow bigger. It lays one to three eggs (usually one), which are whitish with brown markings.
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Hello Luis,
Nice clear,sharp image of the bird.
I may be wrong but I think this is an Eagle.Excellent image.
Regards
Nazir

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3831 W: 190 N: 11410] (35161)
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Hola Luis,
Una buena toma este Gavilán Cangrejero, sin duda Common Black Hawk, que jo he visto en Trinidad hace muchos años.
Me gustan el POV, nitidez, fondo y composición.
Gracias por compartirla,
Saludos,
Ivan

Hello Luis,
Beautiful photo of this Black Hawk. Great frontal POV, good sharpness and natural colours. Nice composition.
Regards,
Peter

Hi Luis,

Of a special type of rare good shooting happened. Image quality is very good. TFS

Best Regards.
Mehmet

Hi Luis

Good shot of this magestic hawk. Good composition and POV. Good sharpness.

Chris

Ups! no había visto la foto del individuo adulto.

Luis, la información del ave está muy bien y veo que siempre le das una connotación didáctica a tus fotos, pero... tengo que decirte que: Estás haciendo maravillas con esa Sony!, excelente forma de explotar la cámara. MAgnifico fondo, gran luz, inmejorables detalles. Explotando ese zoom al maximo por lo que veo.

Excelente trabajo, felicitaciones.!

Jesús

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