> An all white raptor in the forest?
John Leonard wrote to mention the White Hawk, an unusual New World forest raptor:
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=124796
Despite often being nearly all white, these birds seem to be doing pretty well for themselves over a huge area. The behavior section at the Cornell site is interesting. it sounds like these birds follow around parties of monkeys (arboreal foragers) and coati (ground foragers – relatives of Raccoons) pouncing on whatever prey is flushed. Perhaps their coloration is not selected for/against as they’re opportunistic feeders? No idea…it’s always easy to make up an evolutionary/ecological story…but that doesn’t make it true. ===============================
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