Mexican goshawk, gray hawk (Buteo plagiatus)

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Subject:	Mexican goshawk, gray hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
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Description
English: Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus) spotted flying away in Belize.
Date 20 November 2005, 15:01
Source Gray Hawk (cropped) http://www.flickr.com/photos/26616866@N00/67483529/
Author The Lilac Breasted Roller from Sullivan's Island, United States http://www.flickr.com/people/26616866@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buteo_plagiatus_Belize.jpg

The gray hawk (Buteo plagiatus) or Mexican goshawk[2] is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina plagiata. The species was recently split by the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) from the gray-lined hawk. The gray hawk is found from Costa Rica north into the southwestern United States. Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae, Subfamily: Buteoninae.
Synonyms:
Asturina plagiata
Buteo nitidus plagiatus
Asturina nitida plagiata

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