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Gray-backed Hawk
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Gray-backed Hawk
Pseudastur occidentalis
The grey-backed hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in Ecuador and far northern Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 201046.