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Common
Black Hawk
Buteogallus
anthracinus
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This is a fairly common species along
both slopes. The range map in Howell and Webb does not include
this species in the interior of northern Central America, though
they do refer to them as occurring occasionally. I have seen
them at La Tigra national park, just north of Tegucigalpa, and
at Tempiscapa Gorge in Olancho and I feel that they are best
considered as ranging throughout the region, even though they
are far commoner in the lowlands near both coast.
They seem to be particularly common in mangroves, where Great
Black Hawks an Mangrove Black Hawks are also found. On the Caribbean
slope Mangrove Black Hawks are not found, but they are common
on the Pacific coast. Many people consider the Mangrove Black
Hawk to be only a subspecies of Common Black Hawk, whilst others
consider the South American form to be a separate species and
the form in Central America to be only a subspecies (see also
the section on Mangrove Black Hawk).
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