Taxonomy

Species ID	040680
Name	Bicolored Hawk
Other Common Names
Category	04 Birds
Phylum
Subphylum
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Suborder
Family	Accipitridae
Genus	Accipiter
Species	bicolor
Subspecies	bicolor
References	1, 2
Scientific Synonyms	Sparvius bicolor - Vieillot, 1817

Status

Status Code	Status Translation	References
2	Resident, species present all year.	12
2	Resident, species present all year.	3
32	Insufficient information, uncertain	11
27	Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities.	11

Distribution

DISTRICT	References
Cayo, Belize	15
Cayo, Belize	6
Orange Walk, Belize	6
Stann Creek, Belize	6
Toledo, Belize	5

Administrative Unit	Occurrence	Abundance	Temporal	References
Chiquibul National Park	Sighting	Unknown, insufficient data	APRIL	15
Chiquibul National Park	Sighting		August	5
Rio Bravo Conservation Area	Sighting			9
Rio Bravo Conservation Area				8
Gallon Jug	Sighting		Wet season (June-December)	6
Gallon Jug				7
Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Proposed)				6
Private land, see comments				6
Government land	Collected as voucher.			10

ELEVATION Association	References
401-600 m	15
1100-1200 m	5
1-200 m	10
1-200 m	9

QUAD Distribution	References
16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15'	15
17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15'	6
17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15'	7
17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'	6
17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30'	4
16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15'	10
17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15'	6

Holdridge Life Zone Distribution	References
Subtropical Lower Montane moist	15
Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical	10
Subtropical moist	9
Subtropical Lower Montane moist	5

Comments on Distribution

15* Adult observed carrying nesting material along logging road at Grano
    del Oro [Camp].
12* Occasional northern semideciduous moist forest.
    Occasional southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests.
    Occasional sub-tropical lower montane forest.
6* Cayo
3* Permanent resident, fewer than five records northern and southern
   hardwood forests.

Habitat Associations

Food Habits

Trophic

CARNIVORE

References on Trophic Level

13, 14

Lifestage	Food Item Consumed	Part of Food Item
Adult	Aves	Adult stage
Adult	Sauria	Adult stage

Comments on General Food Habits

13* A rarely encountered species of deep forest, most likely to be seen perched quietly in forest whence it makes a dashing hunting flights after its main food, small birds. 14* May fly rapidly from perch to perch in canopy, scan briefly, then pursue prey flushed at close range or may fly into fruiting tree full of birds, dash off after a victim; eats mostly birds, especially thrush to pigeon-sized, and lizards;

References/Lifestage	Reference Numbers

Environmental Associations

References/Lifestage	Reference Numbers

Life History

Management Practices

References/Result	Reference Numbers

References

1  A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed.

2  A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements.

3  Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of
   Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12.

4  Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14
   pp.23 - 39.

5  Matola, S., compiler. 1989. Doyle's Delight, 20 - 31 August. Unpublished
   report.

6  Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British
   Honduras.  Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U.

7  Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon
   Jug.  Unpublished list.

8  Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation
   Management Area.  Unpublished list.

9  Robbins, Chandler. 1996.  U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird
   Surveys for Belize.  Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins.

10 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize
   specimens through Jun. 1, 1997.

11 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize,
   Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern.  Report to Programme for
   Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.

12 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of
   the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.

13 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and
   Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. pp. 187-
   188.

14 Stiles, F. G., A. F. Skutch. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica.
   Ithaca, NY. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, New York. p. 103.

15 Valley, A. C. and T. Aversa. 1997. New and notworthy birds records from
   Belize including the first records of Chestnut-collared Swift
   Cypseloides rutilus. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 117(4):272-274.