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Buteo galapagoensis
Spotted at Puerto Egas in the Galapagos.Galapagos hawks live for about 25 years. Young hawks are lighter coloured than the adults with mottled brown-and-cream-colored breast feathers.
They are a bird of prey feeding on endemic rice rats, young marine iguanas, lava lizards, doves and other animals.
Spotted on Mar 26, 2012
Submitted on Aug 14, 2012
2 Comments
Lovely.
very nice spotting, thanks for sharing