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Common Black Hawk - Juvenile

Buteogallus anthracinus

Photo by Mel11
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Seen in a tree on the edge of quite a large river

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Comments (3)
Mel11
Gosh - I do think you are right - I would have never got it. I have been caught out by juvenile birds before so will now consider that when trying to identify(also breeding colours, male / female - it's not easy is it! :-) I will update spotting. Many thanks.
mauna Kunzah
Awesome spotting... maybe this is a juvenile hawk, Buteogallus sp.? Just a guess!
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PublishedMarch 6, 2019

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