Birds of Ecuador

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles)  
Genus: Spizaetus (4 species, 4 worldwide)


Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) Endangered
Zoo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) Endangered
Colombia  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) Immature Endangered
Colombia
  Four months old.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The largest and rarest of the American hawk-eagles. This species will venture to higher altitudes in the Andes than other species of hawk-eagle, and is primarily an Andean cloud forest species.


Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
 
   
Photograph by Marco Cruz   © All Rights Reserved.

Captive bird.

Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Near Threatened
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Immature Near Threatened
National Park Darien, Panama  
   
Photograph by Mdf (Wikipedia)     Copyright and usage info

In flight.

Black Hawk-Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus)
São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Black Hawk-Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus)
São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Immature from below.


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