Savanna Hawk
Widespread in tropical and subtropical
lowlands...eats small mammals, birds, crabs,
frogs, toads, lizards, snakes and large insects.
Buteogallus meridionalis
(L 21-24" Wt 30 oz)
Nariva Swamp
19Feb2018
Buteogallus means hawk
rooster; meridionalis is
Latin for
southern.
A sky of angry screeching,
demanding;
like a raptor in the wind.
Doesn’t have the impact
that simple warbling brings.
(Madeleine McLaughlin)
© Paul A.
Schwartz
Macaulay
Library
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