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The great black hawk is a resident breeding bird in the tropical New World, from Mexico through Central America to Peru, Tobago and northern Argentina. It is a mainly coastal bird, but also lives in forests and open woodland near water.
Naturalized. Provisional. Escapee. Uncommon in forest, marshes, and mangroves, where usually greatly outnumbered by similar Common Black Hawk. Slightly larger and lankier than Common Black Hawk, with longer legs and tail, and adults of the two species have very different calls in flight.
The Great Black Hawk, as its name implies, is a large, mostly all black bird of prey. It has yellow legs and a yellow cere, and dark eyes. It has relatively long legs and its tail is black and white.
The great black hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures.
A soot-colored hawk with massively broad wings, the Common Black Hawk cuts a distinctive profile in wet wooded habitats along rivers and streams of the southwestern U.S. The adult's black plumage is offset by a broad white tail band and yellow bill and legs. Juveniles are streaky brown.
Mar 4, 2020 · Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grbhaw1.01.
The Great Black Hawk, a majestic bird of prey, stands out with its impressive size, ranging from 56 to 64 centimeters in length and weighing approximately 1.1 kilograms. Its plumage is predominantly black, with very broad wings that command the skies.
