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35cm Identification: when seen from below its body is basically white with the tip of the wings and a region around the eyes black. There is a gray area on the upper parts of the wings. Its color pattern reminds that of some seagulls. The name in Portuguese – Gavião Peneira – means hovering hawk and it is due to the behavior of hovering before diving onto the prey. It is certainly one of the most beautiful hawks found in urban areas. It flies over open areas, pastures, crops and even on the banks of polluted streams in search for rats. This kite feeds mainly on large insects such as grasshoppers and beetles and on small rodents and lizards. The nest, made of twigs, is built on iso...

Nome popular: arco-de-peneira.

Árvore até 12m; extremidade dos ramos ferrugíneo-serícea, achatada; folha simples, oposta, sem estípula, pecíolo canaliculado, 0,3 X 0,3cm, quase séssil, tomentuloso, lâmina elíptica a elíptico-oboval, ápice acuminado, base arredondado-truncada, 37 X 13cm, margem inteira, membranácea a sub-cartácea, venação camptódroma, ca. 20 pares de nervuras secundárias, mais conspícuas a face abaxial, paralelas, espaçadas ca. 2cm, venação terciária formando retículo, conspícuo, face adaxial esparso-tomentulosa, abaxial tomentulosa, pontuações translúcidas, diminutas, numerosas, esparsa por toda a lâmina, visíveis contra a luz;...