Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
31 - 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1790)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) [XC105451]
by Sander Bot from Le solitaire - Montsin\u00e9ry, French Guiana (call)

Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) [XC758796]
by Andrew Spencer from Bella Flor (near Muymanu), Nicolas Suarez, Departamento de Pando, Bolivia (call, song)

Subspecies
Some similarities with Aviceda.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

fasciatus Lawrence, 1869 - Eastern Mexico (Oaxaca and Veracruz) to western Colombia and western Ecuador.
bidentatus (Latham, 1790) - Eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador through Amazonia to eastern Bolivia (Beni) and south-eastern Brazil; Trinidad.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) - 10 files

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