Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, 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 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).
Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus) [XC863845]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Fazenda S\u00e3o Miguel, Itaj\u00e1, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)
Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus) [XC267724]
by Robert S. Ridgely from PN. La Muralla , Olancho, Honduras (song)
Subspecies
As with Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus), relationship to Old World species of genus unclear.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
vicarius Friedmann, 1935 - South-eastern Mexico through Central America to western Colombia and western Ecuador.
ornatus (Daudin, 1800) - Eastern Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south through eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia and Brazil to Paraguay and northern Argentina (Jujuy to Misiones).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet