Red-backed Hawk

Taxobox
name = Red-backed Hawk

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image_caption = Captive bird at a falconry centre in Hellenthal, Germany
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Buteo"
species = "B. polyosoma"
binomial = "Buteo polyosoma"
binomial_authority = (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
synonyms =

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, 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.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49435/all Buteo polyosoma] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.