Black-and-white Hawk-eagle
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Spizastur melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1816) |
The Black-and-white Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found throughout tropical America, from Mexico to Argentina.
Though once placed in the monotypic genus Spizastur, it has been recently moved to Spizaetus e.g. by the American Ornithologists' Union, as it appears that the Ornate Hawk-Eagle is its sister taxon.[1]
As its name suggest, this is a black and white eagle with a small crest forming a black spot on white head. Head, neck and body are white. The wings are black, and the bird has a brownish tail barred black-dark grey and with white tip. The iris is orange, the feet bright yellow. The sexes are similar, but the female is larger.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The diet consists of mammals, toads, reptiles and several species of birds, mostly passerines. It stoops from high soar into the canopy.
Its nest in forest in the canopy about 40 meter up. The nest is made of sticks and provides a lookout view of forest and open country for the birds.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Banks et al. (2007)
[edit] References
- Banks, Richard C.; Chesser, R. Terry; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Lovette, Irby J.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr; Rising, James D. & Stotz, Douglas F. (2007): Forty-eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List of North American Birds. Auk 124(3): 1109-1115. DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1109:FSTTAO]2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext
- BirdLife International (2004). Spizastur melanoleucus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
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