Short-tailed Hawk
Most of what is known has been
studied in the Floridian
population...mainly eats birds.
Buteo brachyurus
(L 15")
Asa Wright Nature Centre
16Feb2018
© Martha
Fischer
Macaulay
Library
Buteo means hawk (although
in the Old World this genus
refers to buzzards;
brachyurus
means short tail.
© Jon C. Glase
Courtship calls
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Library
© Wikipedia