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BLACK-COLLARED HAWK Busarellus nigricollis
Of all the hawks that make a living from hanging around drying ponds in the Chaco, the most distinctive and arguably the most handsome is the Black-collared Hawk. He´s a fish-eater, his job becoming progressively easier towards the end of the dry season when fish become stranded as a writhing mass in ever decreasing circles of water. This is the boom time for the Black-collared Hawk, and he is well-advised to make the most of the bounty. Once the rains come again he will have to work much harder for his prize.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3366PH) Adult lateral, Campo Llano, Departamento Misiones (Arne Lesterhuis March 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3367PH) Adult ventral, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3368PH) Adult, Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3369PH) Adult dorsal view, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3370PH) Adult dorsal view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3371PH) Juvenile ventral view, Linea 1, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2012).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3372PH) Juvenile ventral view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3373PH) Juvenile, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Paraguarí (Jerry Cooper April 2009).
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