Galapagos hawk

Galápagos hawk
Adult on Santa Fe Island

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. galapagoensis
Binomial name
Buteo galapagoensis
(Gould, 1837)

The Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is a large hawk endemic to most of the Galápagos Islands.

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