Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Common Black-hawk FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Buteogallus anthracinus subtilis SYNONYMS - Falco anthracinus- Deppe 1830 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 32 Resident, species present all year. 31 Resident, species present all year. 31 Apparently secure in Belize 30 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 30 PIF-3 Migr. w/breeding pop. in U.S. at Mex. highlands 26 PIF Trend: N/A 26 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 23 District Reference Belize 5 Cayo 4 Corozal 12 Orange Walk 13 Stann Creek 10 Toledo 22 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Commerce Bight Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 28 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 4 Shipstern Nature Reserve 12 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 17 Gallon Jug Dry season 16 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Permanent 11 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 14 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 15 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 24 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Dry season 15 Community Baboon Sanctuary 18 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 9 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 5 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop 15 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 29 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 15 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 8 Private land, see comments Dry season 10 Private land, see comments 13 Private land, see comments 20 Private land, see comments 21 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 28 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 29 Government land 19 Government land 27 Government land Collected as voucher 28 Monkey River Special Development Area 22 Caye Caulker Sighting Wet season 7 Hydrologic Association Reference Cox's Lagoon 5 Macal River 4 Belize River 8 Mussel Creek 9 Sittee River 10 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 25 1-200 m 27 1-200 m 28 1-200 m 29 201-400 m 28 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 27 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 00' to 88 15' 7 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 16 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 25 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 18 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 21 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 29 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 6 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 7 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 8 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 25 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 20 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 29 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 25 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 25 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 28 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 4 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 24 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 20 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 28 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10' 20 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 24 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 28 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 12 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 22 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 20 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 28 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 25 Subtropical wet 28 Subtropical wet 24 Subtropical moist 29 Subtropical moist 27 Subtropical moist 25 General Distribution Comments 32* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Common southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Rare Mtn. Pine Ridge/savannas on poor soil. Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. Common mangroves lowlands & coastal beaches. Common cayes inc. Ambergris. 31* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, common in southern hardwood forests, rare in the Mountain Pine Ridge, uncommon in coastal savannahs, common in mangroves & beaches along coastal mainland, uncommon in cayes inc. Ambergris. 21* Big Falls Rice Farm 20* Dangriga; Big Falls Rice Farm; Blue Creek 19* Airport Camp 15* Freetown 13* Gold Button Ranch 10* Possum Point Biological Station 8* Banana Bank Ranch 4* Rubber 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 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 5 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8 6 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 7 McRae, E. 1993. Preliminary Check-list - Birds of Caye Caulker. 8 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 9 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. 10 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 11 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 12 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. 13 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 14 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 15 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 16 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 17 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 18 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 19 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 20 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 21 Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report. 22 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. 23 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 24 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 25 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 26 Working Group, Partners in Flight. 1992. Needs Assessment: Monitoring Migratory Birds. Report for Neotropical Migratory Bird Program 27 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 28 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 29 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 30 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. 31 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 32 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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