| Rufous Crab Hawk | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.) |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteogallus |
| Species: | B. aequinoctialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Buteogallus aequinoctialis (Gmelin, 1788) |
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The Rufous Crab Hawk or Rufous Crab-hawk, (Buteogallus aequinoctialis) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.