Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Ornate Hawk-eagle FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Spizaetus ornatus vicarius SYNONYMS - Falco ornatus - Daudin, 1800 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 27 Resident, species present all year. 25 Apparently secure in Belize 24 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 24 District Reference Belize 9 Cayo 5 Orange Walk 13 Stann Creek 13 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Chiquibul National Park Sighting December 26 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Dry season 5 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 11 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Wet season 12 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Wet season 19 Columbia River Forest Reserve 4 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting Dry season 13 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 18 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 21 Gallon Jug 15 Guanacaste National Park Dry season 10 Guanacaste National Park 17 Chiquibul National Park Permanent 19 Chiquibul National Park 13 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Permanent 19 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 13 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 9 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 8 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop 13 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 7 Private land, see comments 13 Government land Collected as voucher 23 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 21 Macal River 19 Macal River 5 Sibun River 9 Raspaculo River 11 Elevation Reference 1100-1200 m 26 1-200 m 21 1-200 m 22 1-200 m 23 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 21 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 10 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 22 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 13 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 23 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 19 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 13 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 26 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 23 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 22 Subtropical wet 19 Subtropical moist 21 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 26 General Distribution Comments 27* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Uncommon sub-tropical lower montane forest. 25* Rare in northern hardwood forests, rare in southern hardwood forests, fewer than five in coastal savannahs. 19* Guacamallo Bridge 13* Ballerina Camp; Toledo Settlement, 4 mi. W of Punta Gorda 7* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 5* Francelia Camp and Rubber Camp 4* Uncommon at Union Camp and 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 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 7 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 8 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 9 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 10 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 11 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 12 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 13 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 14 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. 15 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 16 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. 17 Clinton-Eitniear, J. 1986. Status of the large Forest Eagles of Belize. Birds of Prey Bull. No. 3:107-110. 18 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 19 Barlow, S. C., G. B. Caddick. 1989. Report on the Status of the Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao, in Belize, Central America. Unpublished report. 20 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 21 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 22 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 23 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 24 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. 25 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 26 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. 27 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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