- Pseudastur albicollis
Identification
46-56 cm. White head, body and underwings, black upper wings, very short black tail with a broad white band. The bill is black and the legs are yellow.
The sexes are similar, but females are larger and heavier. Immature birds have extensive black spotting on the upperparts and dark-streaked whitish underparts.
Distribution
Central and South America
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
Taxonomy
There are four subspecies:
- P. a. ghiesbreghti:
- P. a. costaricensis:
- P. a. williaminae:
- P. a. albicollis:
Formerly included in the genus Leucopternis.
Habitat
Lowland forests and woodland.
Behaviour
The diet includes reptiles, insects and mammals.
It builds a large stick platform nest in a tree and 1 dark-blotched blue-white egg is laid.
References
- Wikipedia



