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SAVANNAH HAWK Buteogallus meridionalis
Though he looks relatively drab and brownish when perched, the handsome Savannah Hawk will really take your breath away when he bursts into flight - his bright orange wings absolutely stunning in the Paraguayan sun. He is an open-country hawk, his long legs an adaptation for a semi-terrestrial existence. In much of the country he is one of the commoner large hawks, his intelligence combined with a more than adequate supply of small vertebrates on which to feed combining to make him one of the most successful Paraguayan raptors.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3263PH) Adult, Fuerte Olimpo, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3264PH) Adult, Fuerte Olimpo, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3265PH) Adult ventral view, location unknown (Alberto Esquivel undated).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3266PH) Adult taking flight, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3267PH) Juvenile ventral view, Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3268PH) Juvenile dorsal view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3269PH) Adult on nest, Pirahú, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3270PH) Adult taking flight, Central Chaco, Departamento  Presidente Hayes (Jerry Cooper October 2007).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE3271VI) Same individual as (FPAVE3264PH)  (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3387VI) Adult, Fortin Toledo, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2012).
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