Buteo brachyurus (Vieillot, 1816)

Fernandez, Juan Manuel, Thomann, Luz, Fandiño, Blas, Cajade, Rodrigo & Hernando, Alejandra, 2021, An annotated checklist of birds of Paraje Tres Cerros, Corrientes province, Argentina, Check List 17 (2), pp. 415-443 : 426-427

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.415
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9278B873-FFF5-FFB7-DE11-2083FE5813F8
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Buteo brachyurus (Vieillot, 1816)
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Observations. ARGENTINA • 1 (no sexual dimorphism); Corrientes, La Cruz, Paraje Tres Cerros; 29°06′40′′S, 056°55′28′′W. Rare in the study area. It was recorded only one time. We saw a light-morph individual GoogleMaps

Fernández et al. | Birds of Paraje Tres Cerros, Corrientes province, Argentina 427

perching on the top of a Eucalyptus tree near a forest patch.

Identification. Head and upperparts dark, with contrasting underparts white. Forehead white. Wing-tips reach tail tip on perched birds.