Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
(L 12-16" Wt 9.7-10.6 oz)
Widespread and often common and
conspicuous...eats small reptiles
and mammals, but mainly insects.
near Baeza
20Jan2011
Old Zamora Road
17Jan2011
flash
photo
Rupornis in Latin means rock
bird; magnirostris in Latin
means
large billed.
© Homero
Bennet
xeno-canto
© Wikipedia