m |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | ||
;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] superciliosus | ;[[:Category:Accipiter|Accipiter]] superciliosus | ||
[[Image:18004Tiny-Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by redeyedvideo | [[Image:18004Tiny-Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by redeyedvideo | ||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 20 cm-26.5 cm. Dark slate grey above, mottled grey face, paler grey supercilium, black crown and nape, white underparts with fine gray barring, unmarked throat, dark long tail with three paler gray bands, yellow legs, grey bill, red or red-brown iris. Adult females are similar, but browner above with buffier underparts and browner barring below. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Immature birds come in two colour morphs: the more common brown and the much rarer rufous. Brown morph birds are dark brown above, finely barred with black, and buff below, heavily barred with cinnamon. Rufous morph immatures are more chestnut above, and barred with rufous on the underparts. They also have duskier heads and brighter rufous tails than do brown morph birds. Yellow iris. | ||
| + | |||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Eastern [[Nicaragua]], western [[Ecuador]], northern [[Bolivia]], northern [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]], southern [[Brazil]] and [[Venezuela]]. | ||
| + | |||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | There are two subspecies: | ||
| + | |||
| + | ''A. s. superciliosus'' is found east of the Andes in South America. Slightly the larger of the two subspecies, it is paler and has diffuse, greyish barring on the underparts. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ''A. s. fontanieri'' is found from Nicaragua down to western Ecuador. It is somewhat smaller and darker than the nominate A. s. superciliosus, with a shorter tail and sharper, blacker barring below. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Humid, wet lowland forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes birds, especially hummingbirds and small passerines. | ||
| + | |||
| + | They build stick nests in the canopy of tall trees. 1-3 bluish-white eggs, faintly streaked and spotted with brown, are laid. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Accipiter+superciliosus}} | {{GSearch|Accipiter+superciliosus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Accipiter]] | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 1 July 2008
- Accipiter superciliosus
Identification
20 cm-26.5 cm. Dark slate grey above, mottled grey face, paler grey supercilium, black crown and nape, white underparts with fine gray barring, unmarked throat, dark long tail with three paler gray bands, yellow legs, grey bill, red or red-brown iris. Adult females are similar, but browner above with buffier underparts and browner barring below.
Immature birds come in two colour morphs: the more common brown and the much rarer rufous. Brown morph birds are dark brown above, finely barred with black, and buff below, heavily barred with cinnamon. Rufous morph immatures are more chestnut above, and barred with rufous on the underparts. They also have duskier heads and brighter rufous tails than do brown morph birds. Yellow iris.
Distribution
Eastern Nicaragua, western Ecuador, northern Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
There are two subspecies:
A. s. superciliosus is found east of the Andes in South America. Slightly the larger of the two subspecies, it is paler and has diffuse, greyish barring on the underparts.
A. s. fontanieri is found from Nicaragua down to western Ecuador. It is somewhat smaller and darker than the nominate A. s. superciliosus, with a shorter tail and sharper, blacker barring below.
Habitat
Humid, wet lowland forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes birds, especially hummingbirds and small passerines.
They build stick nests in the canopy of tall trees. 1-3 bluish-white eggs, faintly streaked and spotted with brown, are laid.
