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slate-colored hawk

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{For|the North American bird historically called "slate-colored hawk"|sharp-shinned hawk}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Buteogallus schistaceus |volume=2016 |page=e.T22695745A93526639 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695745A93526639.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| image = Buteogallus schistaceus JJK'1.jpg

| image_caption = in Anavilhanas National Park, Amazonas, Brazil

| genus = Buteogallus

| species = schistaceus

| authority = (Sundevall, 1850)

| synonyms = Leucopternis schistaceus

| range_map = Buteogallus schistaceus map.svg

}}

The slate-colored hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae: the hawks, eagles, and allies. It is found in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and French Guiana.

Description

It is a medium-sized to large bird, typically about {{cvt|40|cm}} long. It is medium slate-grey in color, with contrasting bright white horizontal banding on its tail feathers. It has a medium-white breast with vertical black markings. It has a large orange cere at the base of its beak, and large yellow eyes.{{Cite book|last1=del Hoyo|first1=J.|last2=Elliot|first2=A.|last3=Sargatal|first3=J.|year=1994|title=Handbook of the Birds of the World|publisher=Lynx Edicions|volume=2|page=168|isbn=84-87334-15-6}}

Distribution and behavior

The slate-colored hawk inhabits most of the Amazon rainforest, primarily in várzea and especially in areas near water like rivers, swamps or mangrove. It hunts for frogs, snakes, small mammals, crabs and other small animals, often at the water edges.

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External links

{{Commonscat|Buteogallus schistaceus}}

{{Wikispecies|Buteogallus schistaceus}}

  • [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=722 "Slate-colored hawk" videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
  • [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=slate-colored+hawk&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Slate-colored Hawk photo gallery] on VIREO

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slate-colored hawk

Category:Birds of the Amazon rainforest

Category:Birds of prey of South America

slate-colored hawk

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