Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) - HBW 2, p. 117
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 Enlarge map
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A close view of a perched bird, eating a prey Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp fasciatus)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 4.7 -
A bird perched in the dark understorey, eating a prey Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp fasciatus)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A female feeding her chick Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp bidentatus)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 13 October 2001 8 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
An immature on a branch and flying away Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp bidentatus)
Josep del Hoyo 9 July 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a bare branch inside the forest. Locality Acarouany Creek, Mana, French Guiana (ssp bidentatus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 28 April 2011 21 weeks ago 34 sec 4 -
A bird perched in a tree in the rain Locality Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp fasciatus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 3.9
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A nest building, nesting material, nests, nesting, collect, collecting
Locality Explornapo Lodge, Loreto Department, Peru (ssp bidentatus)
dreyernp 27 November 2008 1 year ago 4 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp bidentatus)
philgunson 23 October 2008 3 years ago 3.7 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Villanueva de Pedregoso, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp fasciatus)
manuel retana 14 August 2011 25 weeks ago 3.5 -
Frontal view of a perched bird.
Locality Villanueva de Pedregoso, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 2 August 2011 27 weeks ago 3.4 -
Ventral view of adult flying bird.
Locality Palenque, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 7 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3 -
A bird perching with a prey
Locality Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 30 September 2008 2 years ago 3
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Playback response of one ind perched at 5m elevation above the main trail. Utria Natioanl Park, Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia. Locality Colombia
(ssp fasciatus)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 18 January 2008 1 year ago 2
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