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 NR    Chilean Hawk* Id (Atlas):
    Accipiter chilensis

Description (10)
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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).

Food
Birds, rodents. Ocassionally insects.

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

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

 
Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis) [XC681906]
     by Kevin Arriagada Stange from Chanco, Cauquenes Province, Maule Region, Chile (alarm call)

 
Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis) [XC53318]
     by Todd Mark from PN Lago Puelo, Chubut, Argentina (song)

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).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor).

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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