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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,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, José Luis Cartes, Rebecca Zarza and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
SAVANNAH HAWK Heterospizias meridionalis
Though he looks relatively drab and brownish when perched, the handsome Savannah Hawk will really take your breath away when he bursts into flight - his bright orange wings absolutely stunning in the Paraguayan sun. He is an open-country hawk, his long legs an adaptation for a semi-terrestrial existence. In much of the country he is one of the commoner large hawks, his intelligence combined with a more than adequate supply of small vertebrates on which to feed combining to make him one of the most successful Paraguayan raptors.
FIGURE 1 - Adult, Fuerte Olimpo (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, Fuerte Olimpo (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - Adult ventral view, location unknown (Alberto Esquivel undated).
FIGURE 4 - Adult taking flight, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Juvenile ventral view, Bahía Negra (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 6 - Juvenile dorsal view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 7 - Adult on nest, Pirahú, Low Chaco (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO - Same individual as Fig 2 (Paul Smith September 2006).
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