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title: "Czarnostrząb rdzawy"
description: "Buteogallus meridionalis — Ptaki. The savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/savanna-hawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Czarnostrząb rdzawy

> Buteogallus meridionalis — Ptaki. The savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges.

- Scientific name: *Buteogallus meridionalis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 6673
- Wikidata: [Q600791](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q600791)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5235](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5235)

## Names

- en: Savanna Hawk
- de: Savannenbussard
- es: Gavilán cangrejero colorado
- fr: Buse roussâtre
- nl: Savannebuizerd
- pt: Gavião-caboclo
- pl: Czarnostrząb rdzawy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2841), AR (1384), CO (843), PA (320), UY (184), EC (170), BO (166), GY (104), TT (96), GF (62), VE (54), PY (53)

## Summary

The savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. It breeds from Panama and Trinidad south to  Bolivia, Uruguay and central Argentina. There are also reports of it in California, from 1973 in Alameda County and from 1974 in San Diego County.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna_hawk

## Photo

![Czarnostrząb rdzawy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/savanna-hawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192066447

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/savanna-hawk?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).