Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Harpy Eagle

  FAMILY -               Accipitridae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Harpia harpyja

  SYNONYMS - Vultur harpyja - Linnaeus, 1758

  REFERENCES - 1

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Resident, species present all year.                       10
  Threatened in Belize                                      10
  Endangered in Belize                                      10
  Threatened throughout range                                8
  Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities    11
  Resident, species present all year.                        3
  IUCN - Rare                                                9
  Insufficient information, uncertain                       11
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Orange Walk                                                          5
  Toledo                                                               6
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Columbia River Forest Reserve         Sighting             Dry season       6
  Columbia River Forest Reserve                                               7
  Gallon Jug                                                                  5
  

  

                                        
  

  

                         
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15'           5
  16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15'           6
  

  

                                                
  

  General Distribution Comments

  10* Accidental northern semideciduous moist forest.
      Accidental southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests.
  6* Esperanza Camp 15m above Central River
  3* Permanent resident, fewer than 5 records southern hardwood forests.

  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  Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British
     Honduras.  Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U.
  
  6  Dunham, P. 1994. Harpy Eagle Sighted. Belize Audubon Society Newsletter
     26:2, p. 15
  
  7  Wood, D. S., R. C. Leberman. 1987. Results of the Carnegie Museum of
     Natural History Expeditions to Belize. III.  Distributional Notes on the
     Birds of Belize. Annals Carnegie Museum. 56(6):137-160.
  
  8  Collar, N.J., P. Andrew. 1988. Birds to Watch, ICBP World Checklist
     of Threatened Birds. p.205.
  
  9  Moutfort, guy. 1988. Rare Birds of the World. Collins/ICBP Handbook.
     p.72.
  
  10 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of
     the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
  
  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.