Known from the discs' own bird lists
Short-tailed Hawk
buteo brachyurus
Accipitridae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
37 - 46 cm. A small variable buteo with a short tail. Adult of the race brachyurus that occurrs in southeast Brazil has the sides of the head and upper parts slaty black; underparts white, tail short and with several pale bands.
There exists a very rare black morph (sooty black, white front, tail as in common morph).
The immature is like the adult above but browner and the feathers edged with white, buff and rufous; tail bands more numerous, up to 6-8; below whitish or tawny, sparsely streaked or spotted with brown.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
A high whistle "criiii.....criii...", "craiiii".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Mainly an aerial predator. Soars overhead and swoops down on prey.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Uncommon. Associated with borders of forests, grassland, marshes, Araucaria forests, wooded savannahs.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout. In Estado São Paulo inland not uncommon, e. g. at Rio Claro, Santa Tereza; at the coast Cananeia, Paraibuna, Ubatumirim, Itirapua, PE Carlos Botelho, Ariri.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 4172 Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 5723 Disc 1 · 2011
More images
The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011 The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDSB.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDSB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDSB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd