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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 10:35:51 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
NT
Crested Eagle*
Id (Atlas):
Morphnus guianensis
Description (10 )
Crested Eagle
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Other Names (World)
Crested Eagle, Guiana Crested Eagle
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
81 - 86 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Daudin, 1800)
Habitat
Lowland tropical and subtropical forest, including gallery forest. From sea-level - 600 m, but locally up to 1,200 m.
Argentina (B), Belize (B), Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), French Guiana (B), Guatemala (B), Guyana (B), Honduras (B), Mexico, Nicaragua (B), Panama (B), Paraguay, Peru (B), Suriname (B), Venezuela (B).
Guatemala and Honduras through Central America to Colombia and south to Paraguay, extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones) and southern Brazil; west of Andes, ranges southern only to Serranía de Baudó (west-central Colombia).
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction through deforestation and hunting are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)... )
Listen to XC387281
Crested Eagle (Morphnus guianensis ) [XC387281 ]
by Ricardo Cuqui from Iturralde, Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia (?)
Listen to XC610372
Crested Eagle (Morphnus guianensis ) [XC610372 ]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana (call)
Subspecies
Includes Morphnus taeniatus , a variant of dark morph with heavily banded underparts.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Crested Eagle see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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