Rufous crab hawk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Buteogallus |
Species: | B. aequinoctialis |
Binomial name | |
Buteogallus aequinoctialis (Gmelin, 1788) |
The rufous crab hawk or rufous crab-hawk, (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
It is dark brown with a rufous belly and yellow feet.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.