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Alternative name: Gray-bellied Goshawk

Immature
Photo by dacol
Intervales State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil, October 2013
Accipiter poliogaster

Identification

38–50 cm

Distribution

South America: breeds from north-east Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname to eastern Ecuador and Peru, most of Brazil and in Bolivia, Paraguay and north-east Argentina.

Resident.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Tropical rain forest up to about 400m.

Behaviour

Diet

There is very little information available, but they are thought to eat larger prey items such as birds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

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