Widespread from Costa Rica to
               Argentina...feeds mainly on
               lizards and snakes.
          
         
            
               Buteo nitidus
            
               (L 18-24" Wt 16.8 oz)
          
         
            
               Aligandi area
            
               Darien
            
               05Oct2016
          
         
            
               Buteo means hawk; nitidus
               means elegant, trim, gleaming.
          
         
            
               When the cock is drunk, he
               forgets about the hawk.
            
                   
                 (Ashanti proverb)
          
         
         
            
               © Curtis
               Marantz
            
               Macaulay
               Library