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Rufous-thighed Hawk

Accipiter erythronemius

Classification

Class
Aves

The rufous-thighed hawk (Accipiter erythronemius) is a small hawk found from southern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia to Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. It is usually considered a subspecies of the sharp-shinned hawk by most taxonomists, including the American Ornithological Society, but the taxonomy is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern taxa to represent three separate species: white-breasted hawk (A. chionogaster), plain-breasted hawk (A.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 28Argentina · 20Uruguay · 1