Birds of Venezuela

    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.


Grey-bellied Hawk
Grey-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) Near Threatened
Iporanga, SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Plain-breasted Hawk
Plain-breasted Hawk (Accipiter ventralis)
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
  Pale morph. This hawk may also have a rufous breast but it is not streaked or barred.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A non-migratory version of the small Sharp-shinned Hawk, and often considered the same species. The rufous thigh seems to be a good identifying feature of this species.
Additional photo.
The immature Plain-breasted Hawk is streaked. Note {rufous} thighs.


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