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The ornate hawk-eagle is a member of the booted eagle subfamily, with the signature well-feathered tarsus present on both tropical and temperate species (and shared, presumably through convergent evolution, with a pair of buteonine hawks). [4] [6] It is one of four living members of the Spizaetus species of "hawk-eagle" native to the neotropics.
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. [11] Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A) Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius (A)
Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja; Black hawk-eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus; Black-and-white hawk-eagle, Spizaetus melanoleucus; Ornate hawk-eagle, Spizaetus ornatus; Black-collared hawk, Busarellus nigricollis; Snail kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis; Slender-billed kite, Helicolestes hamatus; Double-toothed kite, Harpagus bidentatus; Rufous-thighed kite ...
Flores hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus floris (Hartert, EJO, 1898) 73 Mountain hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus nipalensis Hodgson, 1836: 74 Legge's hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus kelaarti (Legge, 1878) 75 Blyth's hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845: 76 Javan hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus bartelsi (Stresemann ...
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 .
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
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They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. ... Ornate hawk-eagle, Spizaetus ornatus; ... They differ from hawks, eagles ...