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Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent,
Lars Hansen and Huguito Cabral and are used with their permission.
RUFOUS-THIGHED HAWK Accipiter erythronemius
To European birders he may look suspiciously like a Northern Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, while North American birders may mistake him for a Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus. In fact he is the South American of the same group or "superspecies". A bird hunter, he is superbly adapted for a quick aerial pursuit and kill, his short. round wings and long tail giving him the ability to rapidly change direction as he speeds through dense vegetation after his unfortunate quarry.
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FIGURE 1 - Adult, Ruta Trans-Chaco km650 (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual head detail (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual underwing (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO - Same individual (Paul Smith July 2006).
