Rufous Crab Hawk
Buteogallus aequinoctialis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Rufous Crab Hawk
The Rufous Crab Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: northeastern Venezuela (RÃo Orinoco delta) to eastern Brazil (Paraná)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Buteogallus aequinoctialis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Rufous Crab Hawk
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco aequinoctialis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.265
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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