Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) - HBW 2, p. 173
French: Buse noire
German: Krabbenbussard
Spanish: Busardo negro Norteño
Other common names: (Lesser) Black Hawk; Cuban Black Hawk (gundlachii)
Taxonomy: Falco anthracinus Deppe, 1830, Veracruz, Mexico.
Taxonomy controversial: sometimes considered to include B. subtilis; race gundlachii may be valid species; races gundlachii and especially utilensis sometimes included in nominate; populations of St Vincent (Lesser Antilles) and SW USA sometimes awarded separate races, respectively cancrivora and micronyx. Forms superspecies with B. subtilis. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- anthracinus (Deppe, 1830) - SW & S USA (S Utah and Arizona to Texas) through Central America to Panama and N Colombia, then along Caribbean coast to NW Guyana, Trinidad and St Vincent (Lesser Antilles); penetrates inland to Huila, Colombia.
- gundlachii (Cabanis, 1855) - Cuba and I of Pines.
- utilensis Twomey, 1956 - Cancún I and Cozumel I, off Yucatán; Utila I and Guanaja I, in Gulf of Honduras; and perhaps other adjacent islands.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying and picking up a dead fish from the river and bringing it to a tree while calling. Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp anthracinus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2005 4 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
A bird perched in a tree on a single foot Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp gundlachii)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 6 years ago 42 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched in a tree and preening Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp gundlachii)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 6 years ago 25 sec 4.1 -
A bird catching a fish in the river and perching in a neaby tree before flying away Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp anthracinus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 4 years ago 44 sec 4 -
A bird perched in a tree Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp gundlachii)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 6 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird on a dead branch, then flying away Locality Celestún, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp anthracinus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 October 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 3.9
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Perched on a mangrove
Locality Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 17 September 2011 18 weeks ago 4 -
bird captured here leaving perch
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 10 June 2011 35 weeks ago 4 -
A perched bird.
Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp anthracinus)
Ken Havard 3 March 2005 1 year ago 3.9 -
lateral view of bird getting ready to fly
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 10 June 2011 35 weeks ago 3.8 -
bird feeding on a crab
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 11 October 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
Lateral view.
Locality Limón river, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 19 April 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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One ind calling at dusk near the beach in El Almejal Ecolodge, El Valle, Bahia Solano, Choco Department. Locality Colombia
(ssp anthracinus)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 16 January 2008 1 year ago 3
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