Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Crested Eagle FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Morphnus guianensis SYNONYMS - Falco guianensis - Daudin, 1800. REFERENCES - 1 and 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 5 Threatened in Belize 5 Endangered in Belize 5 Apparently secure in Belize 6 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 6 District Reference Orange Walk 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Rio Bravo Conservation Area 4 Gallon Jug 2 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 General Distribution Comments 5* Occasional northern semideciduous moist forest. Occasional southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Occasional sub-tropical lower montane forest. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1992. Distributional Notes and New Species Records in Belize. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 1(2):6-25. 3 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 4 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 5 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 6 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.
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