Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
French: Milan bidenté German: Doppelzahnweih Spanish: Milano Bidentado
Taxonomy:
Falco bidentatus Latham, 1790, Cayenne.
Genus distinctive, with no very close allies, but belongs in same subgroup as Elanus; relationship with Accipiter claimed, due to similarity in plumage, but now discredited; some similarities with Aviceda. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fasciatus Lawrence, 1869 - E Mexico (Oaxaca and Veracruz) to W Colombia and W Ecuador.
- bidentatus (Latham, 1790) - E Colombia and E Ecuador through Amazonia to E Bolivia (Beni) and SE Brazil; Trinidad.
- Least Concern
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A close view of a perched bird, eating a prey Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (fasciatus)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 2 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched in the dark understorey, eating a prey Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (fasciatus)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 2 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A female feeding her chick Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru (bidentatus)
Virgilio Yábar Cal... 13 October 2001 6 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
An immature on a branch and flying away Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas, Brazil (bidentatus)
Josep del Hoyo 9 July 2007 2 years ago 37 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched in a tree in the rain Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (fasciatus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched on a broken branch and flying away Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (fasciatus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2005 4 years ago 37 sec 3.5
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A nest building, nesting material, nests, nesting, collect, collecting Explornapo Lodge, Loreto, Peru (bidentatus)
dreyernp 27 November 2008 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A bird perched on a branch. Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar, Venezuela (bidentatus)
philgunson 23 October 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird perching with a prey Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 30 September 2008 49 weeks ago 3 -
posing nicely at its perch Moruga, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 16 August 2009 7 weeks ago 2.3
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