Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Plain-breasted Hawk (Accipiter ventralis) - HBW 2, p. 159
French: Autour à gorge rayée
German: Andensperber
Spanish: Gavilán Andino
Taxonomy: Accipiter ventralis P. L. Sclater, 1866, Bogotá, Colombia.
Often considered race of A. striatus, or alternatively of A. erythronemius, forming superspecies with these two and A. chionogaster; group split on grounds of differences in morphology, ecology and probably also behaviour. Monotypic.
Distribution: Hills and mountains from N & SE Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to W Bolivia (Cochabamba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched. Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Pere Sugranyes 11 July 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4.6 -
An adult perched in fairly open area in premontane sandy forest at dawn Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 15 June 2009 2 years ago 16 sec 3.8 -
looking around in canopy, flies Locality Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 27 May 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 35 sec 3.3 -
an adult taking off and showing the color of the thighs Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 15 June 2009 2 years ago 5 sec 3.3
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A rufous morph bird perched in the forest subcanopy.
Locality Guango Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Scott Olmstead 14 February 2007 3 years ago 3 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Abra Patricia, San Martín Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 31 December 2007 1 year ago 2.3
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Call Locality Boyacá Department, Colombia
Libor Vaicenbacher 13 July 2011 1 year ago 4
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