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GREY HAWK Buteo nitidus
A handsome, ghostly white Buteo, though common in the north of its range (reaching Mexico) this species is little-recorded in Paraguay where it seems to be confined to remote areas of the northern Chaco. This was species was until recently placed in the genus Asturina on account of its unusual plumage.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE882PH) Adult, Lago Porá, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Silvia Centrón May 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE883PH) Same individual as (FPAVE882PH) (Silvia Centrón May 2009).
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Buteo nitidus
1 (FPAVE881RE) Call  recorded Kamba Aka, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Myriam Velázquez January 2003).
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