The Short-tailed Hawk sits in the large Genus of Buteo which has 28 species in it. This is one of the few Central and South American Hawks that make it over to North America with a population in south Florida which is "critically imperiled". The name is misleading as the tail is no shorter than most other Buteos in the group, but maybe it was called that because the tail is shorter than other bird predators like those in the genus Accipiter which do have decidedly longish tails. I have seen a couple in Florida but never have obtained a decent picture from there. There is a light and dark morph but I only have pics of the former. Here is a pic from Colombia.
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