Great Black Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
(L1 23" WS 44-53" WT 2.4 lb)
on the Madre de Dios River
near Amazonia Lodge
21May09
Feeds on snakes, rodents,
birds and fish...call is a
piercing, whistling scream.
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
Buteogallus in Latin means
buzzard barnyard cock;
urubitinga in Tibi means vulture.
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