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Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, José Luis Cartes, Rebecca Zarza and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
WHITE-TAILED HAWK Buteo albicaudatus
Usually seen patrolling around with a low, "flapless" flight, this handsome hawk can be immediately identified by his white tail. He has a wide distribution that streteches from the southern States round down to Argentina and in Paraguay he reaches his greatest abundance in the Chaco - though he occurs throughout the country. Males can be distinguished from females by their white, as opposed to black, throats.
FIGURE 1 - Adult female, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 3 - Adult female in flight, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Juvenile, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Juvenile, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 6 - Dorsal juvenile in flight, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 7 - Ventral juvenile in fight, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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