Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Great Black-hawk FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Buteogallus urubitinga rigwayi SYNONYMS - Falco urubitinga - Gmelin, 1788 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 37 Resident, species present all year. 35 Apparently secure in Belize 34 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 34 District Reference Belize 7 Cayo 7 Corozal 17 Orange Walk 7 Stann Creek 6 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Chiquibul National Park Sighting December 36 Manatee Forest Reserve 9 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 33 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Permanent 25 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 19 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 20 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sighting 26 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 4 Columbia River Forest Reserve Dry season 18 Columbia River Forest Reserve 31 Shipstern Nature Reserve Dry season 17 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 23 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 29 Gallon Jug Sighting Wet season 21 Gallon Jug Sighting Wet season 7 Gallon Jug Dry season 22 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Dry season 16 Chiquibul National Park Permanent 25 Bladen Nature Reserve 13 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Dry season 6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 28 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 32 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Wet season 14 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Sighting Dry season 8 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve Dry season 15 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 10 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 10 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 11 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Wet season 21 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 5 Private land, see comments 12 Private land, see comments 21 Private land, see comments 24 Private land, see comments 26 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 32 Government land Collected as voucher 32 Monkey River Special Development Area 27 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 29 Mullins River Drainage 9 Bladen Branch 13 Mussel Creek 11 Sittee River 12 Sibun River 14 New River 15 Raspaculo River 19 Elevation Reference 1100-1200 m 36 1-200 m 29 1-200 m 30 1-200 m 32 401-600 m 33 601-800 m 31 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 15 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 30 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 30 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 16 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 29 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 30 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 7 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 8 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 14 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 30 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 8 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 8 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 30 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 33 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 30 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 21 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 32 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 9 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 19 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 28 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 12 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 21 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 6 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 28 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 26 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 31 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 36 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 17 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 27 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 26 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 21 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 5 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 32 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 30 Subtropical wet 32 Subtropical wet 28 Subtropical moist 30 Subtropical moist 29 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 36 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 33 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 31 General Distribution Comments 37* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. Uncommon sub-tropical lower montane forest. 35* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood forests, uncommon in coastal savannahs. 29* Rare in pine savanna 26* Aguacate; Jimmy Cut 24* Belize City. 21* Cayo; Kendal; Toledo Settlement, 4 mi. W of Punta Gorda 13* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera Caves (common); lower Quebrada de Oro & Bladen from Calera to Hellgate; Hellgate upstream to Esperanza Bank and Ramos Quebrada; Pine Ridge towards Richardson Peak 12* Possum Point Biological Station 4* Uncommon at Union Camp References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Howard, R. and A. Moore. 1980. A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Oxford. 4 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.71-78 5 Matola, S., 1990. The Dolores Expedition, January 27 - February 3, 1990. Unpublished report. 6 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report 7 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 8 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1993. Preliminary Avian Survey of Burdon Canal Nature Reserve. Unpublished report for the Forest Department 9 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 10 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 11 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A. Report to NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society. 12 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 13 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 14 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 15 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 16 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 17 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 18 Matola, S., compiler. 1989. Doyle's Delight, 20 - 31 August. Unpublished report. 19 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 20 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 21 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 22 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 23 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 24 Forsythe, D. 1994. Unpublished Belize Trip list June 18-21. 25 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 26 Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report. 27 Meerman, J.C. ed. 1995. Monkey River Special Development Area Stann Creek District, Belize. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication #5. Appendix: Bird List. Unpublished Technical report for B.E.S.T. 28 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 29 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 30 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 31 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP 32 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 33 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 34 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. 35 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 36 Conway, C. J., S.J. Baird. 1995. Ornithology Report for the Doyle's Delight Expedition, Maya Mountains, Belize, 3-13 December 1993. Occasional Series No. 5. Forest Planning and Management Project, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belmopan, Belize. 37 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. 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