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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 .
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 ...
[19] [20] [21] Exceptions include the Ayres's hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii) and, to a lesser extent, the rufous-bellied eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii), both of which are smallish, swift-flying bird-hunting specialists who dive (falcon-like) on woodland birds while the black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) feeds largely on the contents of birds ...
S. ornatus may refer to: Scotomanes ornatus, the harlequin bat, a vesper bat species; Sorex ornatus, the ornate shrew, a mammal species; Spizaetus ornatus, the ornate hawk-eagle, a bird of prey species; Stenocercus ornatus, is a species of lizard of the Tropiduridae family
The video description says, "Allie Ladd captured this striking footage of some very vocal golden eagles in western Maine. The first he's seen this year, the raptors are hungry and won't hesitate ...
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.
Crested eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Near-threatened) Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja (A) (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; Sharp-shinned hawk ...