Barred Hawk (Morphnarchus princeps)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
53 - 59 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1865)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 300 - 3,000 m, occasionally to 50 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru.

Costa Rica and Panama, and locally into western Colombia and northern Ecuador on both sides of the Andes.

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

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Barred Hawk (Morphnarchus princeps) [XC112299]
by Niels Krabbe from Tandayapa Pass, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

Barred Hawk (Morphnarchus princeps) [XC216862]
by id from Un Poco del Choco, Pichincha, Ecuador (flight call)

Subspecies
Populations of Ecuador and Colombia have been assigned to separate subspecies, zimmeri, on grounds of differences in size, but this is unsubstantiated.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Barred Hawk (Morphnarchus princeps) - 10 files

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