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Puerto Rican broad winged hawk

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Kingdom
  
Genus
  
Rank
  
Subspecies

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Higher classification
  
Broad-winged hawk

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Scientific name
  
Buteo platypterus brunnescens

Similar
  
Broad‑winged hawk, Bird, Buteo, Malagasy crowned eagle, Accipitridae

The Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens) is an endangered subspecies of the broad-winged hawk (B. platypterus). It is a small hawk that occurs in Puerto Rico, inhabiting the Toro Negro State Forest. Its Spanish common name is guaragüao de bosque.

References

Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk Wikipedia


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