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Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 257, February 213, March 221, April 159, May 145, June 86, July 122, August 108, September 152, October 181, November 180, December 261.
United States49,472
Mexico2,085
Arizona1,960
Brazil623
Oaxaca385
Texas324
Costa Rica315
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave310
Colombia281
Panama247

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
  • DiurnalActive primarily during the dayFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group
  • Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
  • Vertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating vertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderHawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies · Accipitriformes
FamilyHawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
GenusButeos · Buteo

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