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GREY HAWK Buteo nitidus
A handsome, ghostly white Buteo, though common in the north of its range (reaching Mexico) this species is little-recorded in Paraguay where it seems to be confined to remote areas of the Dry Chaco.
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FIGURE 1 - Adult, Lago Porá, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Silvia Centrón May 2009).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual (Silvia Centrón May 2009).
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