Callinectes and Ucides). It catches them with a short dive from a low perch; it typically takes them to a favored site like a stump to consume them.

Breeding

The rufous crab hawk makes a "sky-dance" display; it is suspected that only the male performs it. Its breeding season varies geographically, for example between February and August in Suriname and apparently from September onward in southeastern Brazil. It makes a nest of twigs lined with leaves in a mangrove

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