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 6 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
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 5 years ago 44 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 8 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched in a tree and preening Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp gundlachii)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 8 years ago 25 sec 4.6 -
Bird in small tree calling Locality Cayo Guillermo, Cuba (ssp gundlachii)
Desmond Allen 7 March 2013 6 weeks ago 44 sec 4.4 -
immature perching close to Marina Sherman - border to national park Locality San Lorenzo National Park, Colón Province, Panama
Thore Noernberg 11 March 2013 8 weeks ago 21 sec 4.3
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bird perching beside the ocean early in the morning at Playa Medina
Locality Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 10 January 2012 17 weeks ago 4 -
perchin
Locality Estero Real River, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 14 December 2012 21 weeks ago 4 -
In mangroves
Locality Caroni Swamp, Caroni, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp anthracinus)
Niels Poul Dreyer 1 February 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
in the mangroves
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 42 weeks ago 4 -
Perched on a mangrove
Locality Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 17 September 2011 1 year ago 4 -
bird captured here leaving perch
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 10 June 2011 1 year ago 4
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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 3 years ago 3
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