Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) - HBW 2, p. 180
French: Buse à queue courte
German: Kurzschwanzbussard
Spanish: Busardo Colicorto
Taxonomy: Buteo brachyurus Vieillot, 1816, Cayenne.
Has been considered to include B. albigula, either as subspecies or within single monotypic species, but no intergradation reported, despite possible overlap of ranges; these two form superspecies. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fuliginosus P. L. Sclater, 1858 - S Florida (USA); E Mexico to Panama.
- brachyurus Vieillot, 1816 - Colombia S to W Ecuador, E to the Guianas and Brazil, and S through E Peru and E Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba) to Paraguay and N Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán, Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the top of a dead tree, scratching its head Locality Aquidauna, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp brachyurus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 January 2005 6 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched on an electricity pole Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp brachyurus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 7 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
A front view of a pale morph individual Locality Pampagrande, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp brachyurus)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2006 5 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
bird of the dark morph flying in the sky; ID unsure Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala
Juan Sanabria 1 October 2012 13 weeks ago 41 sec 4 -
side view on bough, preens, poohs, hops twice Locality Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp brachyurus)
Martin Kennewell 28 May 2012 5 weeks ago 35 sec 3.7 -
bird flying, slightly slow-motioned Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala (ssp fuliginosus)
Juan Sanabria 1 October 2012 13 weeks ago 10 sec 3
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A juvenile specimen
Locality San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta Province, Argentina
Marco Valentini 25 August 2012 40 weeks ago 4.2 -
Female captive light phase, neurologically impaired
Locality Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA (United States)
Sharron Montgomery 10 October 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
Light phase bird flying.
Locality David, Chiriquí Province, Panama
Ken Havard 12 February 2009 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perched.
Locality El Nido Aviary, Ixtapaluca, Mexico State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp fuliginosus)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 1993 45 weeks ago 3.5 -
looking for eat
Locality Estero Real River, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 15 December 2012 25 weeks ago 3.4 -
soaring around and looking to the river..
Locality Chinandega, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 19 September 2012 38 weeks ago 3.3
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In flight. Locality Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Noé Eiterer 7 September 2011 6 weeks ago 0
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