Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
37 - 42 cm
Wingspan: 58 - 80 cm

First Described (Guide)
Philippi & Landbeck, 1864

Habitat
Temperate forest. More rarely in sclerophyll forest, parklands, mixed forest, open areas. Hunts on shrubland, grassland, agricultural land.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (R), Chile (R).

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

Food
Birds, rodents. Ocassionally insects.

Voice
A barking row of 'keh' or 'kow'. Also a woodpecker-like faster and accelerating staccato of 'kek' calls.

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Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis) [XC102706]
by Enzo Basso from Chicauma, Chile (call, female call, replacing the male at the nest)

(Accipiter chilensis) [XC565595]
by Enzo Basso from Contulmo (near Los Notros), Arauco, B\u00edo B\u00edo, Chile (alarm call)

Nest
Platform of dry sticks and twigs, intertwined, in the fork of a branch of the upper part of a tree about 16 - 20 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
2; rarely 3; dull, light bluish to off-white; oval. Incubation: about 21 days.

Subspecies
Not recognized as a species by BirdLife International. Often considered a subspecies of Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor).

Forms superspecies with Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) and Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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