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 NT    Black Solitary Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Buteogallus solitarius

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black Solitary Eagle, Solitary Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
76 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tschudi, 1844)

Habitat
Humid, densely wooded foothills and other tropical and subtropical premontane and humid montane forest. From 600 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina (B), Bolivia (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), El Salvador, Guatemala (B), Honduras (B), Mexico (B), Nicaragua, Panama (B), Peru (B), Venezuela (B).

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

Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010).

Status NT
Deforestation, disturbance and shooting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus solitarius) [XC748585]
     by Sjoerd Mayer from Napo: Wildsumaco near entrance to Piha Trail, Ecuador (call)

 
Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus solitarius) [XC276065]
     by Christiana Fattorelli from El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Pi\u00f1as, Ecuador (flight call)

Subspecies
Closely allied to Buteogallus. Formerly considered subspecies of Crowned Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus coronatus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • sheffleri (van Rossem, 1948)   -  Locally in highlands from western Mexico (Sonora) to Panama.
  • solitarius (Tschudi, 1844)   -  Locally from Colombia (Santa Marta Mts) east to northern Venezuela and south through humid Andes to north-western Argentina. Also occurs in the Guianas, where limits of range virtually unknown.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Black Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus solitarius) - 10 files


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