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Alternative name: Crowned Eagle

Photo by birdclub
Emas National Park, Brazil, July 2010

Harpyhaliaetus coronatus

Buteogallus coronatus

[edit] Identification

75-85 cm.

• Dull slate grey
• Darker wings
• Prominent bushy crest
• White band and white tip to dark tail
• Yellow cere
• Yellow legs
  

Juvenile

• Brown upperparts
• Cream below, cream head and throat
• Dark post-ocular stripe
• Upper breast mottled brown
• Mottled lower belly

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in savanna of southern Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia to northern Argentina.

[edit] Status

Classified as endangered in the IUCN Red List due to its small, fragmented population, and population decline due to habitat loss and hunting (BirdLife International, 2008).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

SACC places this species as a member of the genus Buteogallus (Black Hawks).

[edit] Habitat

Lowland, seasonally dry palm savanna, sparse woodland and shrubland; chaco; and campo cerrado.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes reptiles, small mammals, fish, monkeys and sometimes birds.

[edit] Breeding

It builds a large platform nest. A single egg is laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. BirdLife International
3. SACC proposal] for taxonomy including this species
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

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