Short Tailed Hawk

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Valle de Anton, Panama • 1 May 2010

Bird name: Short Tailed Hawk
Latin: Buteo brachyurus
Other: Gavilán rabicorto (Es), busardo de cola corta • Gavião-de-cauda-curta (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Hawks, Birds of Prey
Range: Texas to Argentina.

This Short Tailed Hawk light morph is white underneath with strongly barred tail and flight feathers. It has a well defined dark hood with white throat and light patch in front of eyes. Upperside of wings and back is brown. There is also a dark morph.

The Short-tailed Hawk can be found from Florida to southern Brazil. The one pictured was seen in the El Valle mountains, in central Panama, another was seen near Canopy Tower.