Red-backed Hawk
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Buteo polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |
The Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
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- BirdLife International 2004. Buteo polyosoma. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.