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The ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) is a fairly large bird of prey from the tropical Americas. Formerly, some authorities referred to this species as the crested hawk-eagle, a name that may cause some confusion as it is more commonly used for an Asian eagle species. [3] Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.
Spizaetus is the typical hawk-eagle birds of prey genus found in the tropics of the Americas. It was however used to indicate a group of tropical eagles that included species occurring in southern and southeastern Asia and one representative of this genus in the rainforests of West Africa .
The black-faced hawk (Leucopternis melanops) is very similar in overall coloration, but it is much smaller and has a black tail with a single bold white bar in the middle. The ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus), presumably a very close relative of S. melanoleucus, looks quite similar when young.
Wallace's hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus nanus (Wallace, 1868) 81 Black hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Spizaetus tyrannus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1820) 82 Black-and-white hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Spizaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1816) 83 Ornate hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Spizaetus ornatus (Daudin, 1800) 84 Black-and-chestnut eagle: Accipitridae ...
Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja (near-threatened) Black hawk-eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus; Black-and-white hawk-eagle, Spizaetus melanoleucus; Ornate hawk-eagle, Spizaetus ornatus (near-threatened) Double-toothed kite, Harpagus bidentatus; Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius; Tiny hawk, Accipiter superciliosus (A) [3] Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus
The harpy eagle is Panama's national bird. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Panama. The avifauna of Panama included a total of 1020 species as of July 2023, according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase). Three species have been added from other sources. Of the 1021 species, 125 are rare or accidental and six have been introduced by humans. Seven are endemic. An additional ...
Ridgway's hawk, Buteo ridgwayi (E) Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus (A) Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni (A) Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis; Hispaniolan sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus striatus (E) [13] Hispaniolan ornate hawk-eagle - Ornate hawk-eagle, Spizaetus ornatus [citation needed] Hispaniolan eagle, (Extinct) [14]
A study of accipitrid skeletons found procoracoid incisurae (as opposed to foramina) in some specimens of the eagles Aquila gurneyi and A. chrysaetos, but not in four other Aquila species. The notch was variably open or weakly ossified in Spizastur melanoleucos , Lophoaetus occipitalis , Spizaetus ornatus , and Stephanoaetus coronatus .