Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Spizaetus (4 species, 4 worldwide)


Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) Endangered Zoo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) Endangered Colombia
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.


Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) Immature Endangered Colombia Four months old.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

The largest and rarest of the American hawk-eagles. This species will venture to higher altitudes in the Andes than other species of hawk-eagle, and is primarily an Andean cloud forest species.


Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
Photograph by Marco Cruz © All Rights Reserved.


Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Near Threatened Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) Immature Near Threatened National Park Darien, Panama
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Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

Immature from below.

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