Birds of Panama

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles)  
Genus: Accipiter (3 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.



Cooper's Hawk
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Rare/Accidental
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Cooper's Hawk
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Immature Rare/Accidental
San Timoteo Creek, California,  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

A small to medium-sized hawk often seen inside cities. Adults are horizontally barred rufous in front, while immatures are whiter with brown horizontal marks.
Bathing.

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
 
   
Photograph by Tim Lenz     Copyright and usage info

A relatively small and thin North American hawk which migrates south as far as Panama.


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