Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Savanna Hawk

Buteogallus meridionalis

The Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) is an 808 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

808 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Panama, Venezuela, Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Suriname, GF.

Where to see it: Surama EcoLodge (Guyana); Route de Guatemala - Grandes pâtures (French Guiana); Poconé · Pousada Piuval (Brazil); Ceibas (Argentina); San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Ranch (Bolivia).

Photo: (c) Luciano Massa, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist