Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
(aka Gray Hawk, Asturina nitida)
Grey-lined Hawk, Roraima, Brazil, July 2001 - click for larger image Roraima, Brazil
July 2001

The Gray-lined Hawk is marginally bigger than the more common Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris, is an overall grey with fine white barring below, has white bands across its tail and yellow legs and cere.

Grey-lined Hawk, Roraima, Brazil, July 2001 - click for larger image

It is found from New Mexico and Texas through Central and South America as far as Paraguay and northern Argentina. Throughout this range it is found in a wide variety of habitats from the edge of rain forests to dry, open scrub country.

Grey-lined Hawk, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image Jeremy Minns recording is of an immature bird.

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