Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Guiana Crested Eagle (Morphnus guianensis) - HBW 2, p. 191
French: Harpie huppée
German: Würgadler
Spanish: Arpía Menor
Other common names: Crested Eagle
Taxonomy: Falco guianensis Daudin, 1800, Cayenne.
Includes M. taeniatus, a variant of dark morph with heavily banded underparts. Monotypic.
Distribution: Guatemala and Honduras through Central America to Colombia and S to Paraguay, extreme NE Argentina (Misiones) and S Brazil; W of Andes, ranges S only to Serranía de Baudó (WC Colombia).
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A pale morph individual hidden in the vegetation and flying away. Locality Pousada Rio Roosevelt, Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Bret Whitney 2 July 2007 5 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
A pale morph individual looking up and back, seen behind the vegetation Locality Pousada Rio Roosevelt, Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Bret Whitney 2 July 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 3.6
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Adult pale morph bird with Spilotes pullatus.
Locality Cuyabeno, Sucumbios Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Libor Vaicenbacher 22 April 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
A male responding to tape playback landing in the crowns of trees.
Locality Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Birding Brazil Tours 21 June 2012 45 weeks ago 3.9 -
Juvenile bird outside from the nest
Locality Darién National Park, Darién Province, Panama
hawk 21 April 2013 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.6 -
An adult of the pale morph perching on a branch with its prey.
Locality Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Libor Vaicenbacher 22 April 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
A male immature
Locality Zoo de Guyane, Macouria, French Guiana
maxcobigo 24 September 2009 3 years ago 2.5 -
A male immature
Locality Zoo de Guyane, Macouria, French Guiana
maxcobigo 24 September 2009 3 years ago 2
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