Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Black-and-white Hawk-eagle FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Spizastur melanoleucus SYNONYMS - Buteo melanoleucus - Vieillot, 1816 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 24 Apparently secure in Belize 23 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 23 Resident, species present all year. 3 IUCN-1994 Near Threatened 18 District Reference Belize 5 Cayo 5 Orange Walk 5 Stann Creek 6 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Gallon Jug Sighting 14 Manatee Forest Reserve 6 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 10 Columbia River Forest Reserve 21 Columbia River Forest Reserve 4 Chiquibul National Park Sighting August 9 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 19 Hidden Valley & Falls (Bull Run) 8 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 7 Placencia Peninsula & Lagoon (Propose 12 Private land, see comments 12 Hydrologic Association Reference Mullins River Drainage 6 Raspaculo River 10 Elevation Reference 1100-1200 m 9 1-200 m 20 1-200 m 22 401-600 m 22 601-800 m 21 801-1000 m 21 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 20 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 10' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 17 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10' 17 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30' 12 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30' 17 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 17 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 00' to 88 15' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 16 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 20 Subtropical wet 19 Subtropical moist 22 Subtropical Lower Montane wet 21 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 9 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 22 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 21 General Distribution Comments 24* Rare northern semideciduous moist forest. Rare southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Rare Mtn. Pine Ridge/savannas on poor soil. Rare coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. Occasional sub-tropical lower montane forest. 3* Rare in northern hardwood forests, rare in southern hardwood forests, rare in the Mountain Pine Ridge, rare in coastal savannahs. 11* Cayo 4* Rare 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 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 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., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 6 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 7 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 8 Weyer, D. 1984. Diurnal Birds of Prey of Belize. The Hawk Trust. Vol. 14 pp.23 - 39. 9 Matola, S., compiler. 1989. Doyle's Delight, 20 - 31 August. Unpublished report. 10 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 11 Miller, B. 1994. Summary of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Bird Banding Laboratory DATA. in prep. 12 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 13 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. 14 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 15 Clinton-Eitniear, J. 1986. Status of the large Forest Eagles of Belize. Birds of Prey Bull. No. 3:107-110. 16 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 17 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 18 Collar, N.J., P. Andrew. 1988. Birds to Watch, ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. p.259. 19 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 20 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 21 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP 22 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 23 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. 24 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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