Rufous-tailed Hawk

Taxobox
name = Rufous-tailed Hawk


status = NT
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Buteo"
species = "B. ventralis"
binomial = "Buteo ventralis"
binomial_authority = Gould, 1837
synonyms =

The Rufous-tailed Hawk ("Buteo ventralis") is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.

The Rufous-tailed Hawk is found in southern Argentina and Chile, including the entire region of Tierra del Fuego.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and temperate grassland.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3371/all Buteo ventralis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://dinets.travel.ru/tdfhawk.jpgPhoto] ; [http://dinets.travel.ru/scotia5.htm Article] dinets.travel.ru
* [http://www.traveling-images.com/Gallaries/patagonia/pages/RUFOUS%20TAILED%20HAWK.htm Photo] ; [http://www.traveling-images.com/Gallaries/patagonia/index.htm Article] traveling-images