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Galápagos hawk
Adult on Santa Fe Island
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[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.
^BirdLife International (2021). "Buteo galapagoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22695909A194428673. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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