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HAWKS, KITES, AND EAGLES - ACCIPITRIDAE - PART I
Chondrohierax Kites to Leucopternis Hawks |
| Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus uncinatus Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador. |
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| Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii leonae Georgetown Botanical Gardens, Georgetown, Guyana. |
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| White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus leucurus 20 km south of Calabozo, Guárico state, Venezuela. |
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| Slender-billed Kite Helicolestes hamatus Finca Vuelta Larga, Guaraunos, Sucre state, Venezuela. |
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| Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. | Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. |
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| Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus fontanieri Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador. | Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus superciliosus Río Barragán, Barinas state, Venezuela. |
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| Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris San Isidro quarry trail, Barinas state, Venezuela. An extreme long-distance shot at 180x of a rare bird, especially so in Venezuela, where, according to Hilty, it is known only from two specimens and two sight records. |
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| Sharp-shinned (Plain-breasted) Hawk Accipiter striatus ventralis Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha province, Ecuador. |
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| Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor bicolor Gareno Lodge, Napo province, Ecuador. A white-breasted morph. There was also a juvenile with it, see Sam Woods's photo here. |
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| Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens nigra(?) Parque Metropolitana, Panama City, Panama. |
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| Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus Sacha Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador. |
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| Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops San Miguel de Betania, Bolívar state, Venezuela. | White-browed Hawk Leucopternis kuhli Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. |
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| Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. | White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis albicollis La Escalera (Sierra de Lema), Bolívar state, Venezuela. |
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| Gray-backed Hawk Leucopternis occidentalis Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador. |
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