- Accipiter chilensis
Identification
Male 37-38cm, female 41-42cm. Sexes similar.
- Dark grey upperparts,
'Paler grey underside with dark barring on chest and abdomen
- Longitudinal dark stripes on throat, white undertail coverts
- Rufous thighs
- Tail with even width bands of dark and pale, end is rounded
- Yellow iris, green yellow legs
- In flight: tail mostly held closed unless soaring which happens rarely
Juvenile - browner upperparts, cream fringes to feathers, pale chest and abdomen with longitudinal stripes.
Variation
Some individuals are more orange on underside (except vent still whitish).
Distribution
Chile, western Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
The Chilean Hawk was formerly included in Bicolored Hawk. However, status has changed back and forth a couple of times.
Habitat
Temperate forest to 2700m, hunting in shrubland, grassland or agricultural land.
Behaviour
The diet includes mainly small birds, though large insects and rodents are also taken.
Its nest is an oval platform built from twigs and sticks, placed in a tall tree. 2 dull light bluish to off-white eggs are laid and incubated for 3 weeks.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Jaramillo, A. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117409
Wikipedia
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