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Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
Gmelin, 1788. 12 subspecies recognized, here are shown petulans (Cosa Rica) and saturatus (Brazil).
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Here are shown two of the 12 recognized subspecies. The ones filmed in Costa Rica belong to petulans and the ones from Brazil, to saturatus. This species has a great plumage variety, tending more to grey, brown or chestnut. Race petulans tends to pale grey on upperparts and head, being saturatus more brown on back.
Bosque del Río Tigre, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Neotropical Region
Date: 9 july 2010
Author: Alex García
Acknowledgements: Abraham Gallo
 
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