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 4 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
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 4 years ago 25 sec 3.2
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Adult pale morph bird with Spilotes pullatus.
Locality Cuyabeno, Sucumbios Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Libor Vaicenbacher 22 April 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
An adult of the pale morph perching on a branch with its prey.
Locality Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Libor Vaicenbacher 22 April 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male immature
Locality Zoo de Guyane, Macouria, French Guiana
maxcobigo 24 September 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
A male immature
Locality Zoo de Guyane, Macouria, French Guiana
maxcobigo 24 September 2009 2 years ago 2
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