Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Black Hawk-eagle FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Spizaetus tyrannus serus SYNONYMS - Falco tyrannus - Wied, 1820. REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 31 Resident, species present all year. 30 Apparently secure in Belize 29 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 29 District Reference Belize 6 Cayo 5 Corozal 10 Orange Walk 19 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Dry season 10 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Dry season 16 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 5 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 22 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 14 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 15 Columbia River Forest Reserve Dry season 4 Columbia River Forest Reserve 28 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Permanent 26 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 21 Gallon Jug 13 Gallon Jug 19 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve Sighting Wet season 24 Chiquibul National Park Sighting Dry season 22 Chiquibul National Park Sighting Wet season 20 Bladen Nature Reserve Dry season 11 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Permanent 19 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 12 Blue Hole National Park 13 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 18 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 9 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 6 Private land, see comments Dry season 23 Private land, see comments 17 Private land, see comments 8 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 26 Roaring Creek 24 Macal River 5 Cox's Lagoon 6 Bladen Branch 11 Sibun River 12 Raspaculo River 14 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 26 1-200 m 27 601-800 m 28 801-1000 m 28 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 18 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 27 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 27 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 26 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 27 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 7 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 27 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 24 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 27 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 27 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 28 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 10 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 16 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 27 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 24 Subtropical wet 19 Subtropical moist 26 Subtropical Lower Montane wet 28 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 28 General Distribution Comments 31* Common northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. 30* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood forests. 24* NE portion TMNR, base camp Pook's Hill 23* Blue Creek 22* Guacamallo 17* Middlesex 11* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera Caves; rare, Pine Ridge towards Richardson Peak 8* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 5* Francelia Camp 4* Fairly common at Union Camp, recorded at Gloria 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 Miller, B.W.; C.M. Miller. 1992. Preliminary Avian Survey of the Upper Macal River: Rubber Camp and Francelia Camp, pp.55-63. in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Vol. II of III 6 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8 7 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 8 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 9 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 10 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Surveys: Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 1-10 March. Unpublished Report to the Forestry Dept. 11 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 12 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 13 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 14 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 15 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 16 Reichelt, B., C. Philcox. 1994. DRAFT - Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Natural History Studies. Unpublished report. 17 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 18 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. 19 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 20 Clinton-Eitniear, J. 1986. Status of the large Forest Eagles of Belize. Birds of Prey Bull. No. 3:107-110. 21 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 22 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 23 Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report. 24 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 25 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 26 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 27 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 28 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP 29 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. 30 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 31 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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