Birds of Guyana

○     ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles)   →
Genus: Accipiter (2 species, 50 worldwide)

Genus Accipiter are hawks with short wings and long tails, and are suited best for hunting in the forest. Immatures often have vertically running spots in front.


Bicolored Hawk
Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor)
Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Chris Jimenez Nature Photo   © All Rights Reserved by Chris Jimenez Nature Photo.

Bicolored Hawk
Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor pileatus)
Brasilia, Brazil
  White morph. Note white collar. 		   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-bellied Hawk
Grey-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) Near Threatened
Iporanga, SP, Brazil   		   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.
A medium sized hawk. Immature mimics Ornate Hawk-Eagle in coloration and horizontal barring and colored chest, but without the crest, and with bare legs.

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