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Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus, Juvenile

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Field Notes

Description:

Small, compare to the other Birds of Prey I have seen, it is said it could be 19 inches, 48 cm, so it had to be a juvenile.

Species ID Suggestions

Gray Hawk (juvenile)

Buteo plagiatus

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Liam
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Comments (2)
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Thank you, Liam. I search and search and this Bird looked just like a Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus, Juvenile, the only thing I found strange was how small it was, I will check your ID suggestion.
Liam
Still a bit early for Broad-wingeds in Costa Rica (they should arrive around the week of the 20th) and facial pattern is off. This looks like a juvenile Gray Hawk to me.

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2013

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