Birds of Peru

○     ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles)   →
Genus: Accipiter (2 species, 9 worldwide)

Genus Accipiter are hawks with short wings and long tails, and are suited best for hunting in the forest. Immatures often have vertically running spots in front.


Grey-bellied Hawk
Grey-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) Near Threatened
Iporanga, SP, Brazil   		   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.
A medium sized hawk. Immature mimics Ornate Hawk-Eagle in coloration and horizontal barring and colored chest, but without the crest, and with bare legs.

Plain-breasted Hawk
Plain-breasted Hawk (Accipiter ventralis)
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
  Pale morph. This hawk may also have a rufous breast but it is not streaked or barred. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A non-migratory version of the small Sharp-shinned Hawk, and often considered the same species. The rufous thigh seems to be a good identifying feature of this species.
Additional photo.
The immature Plain-breasted Hawk is streaked. Note {rufous} thighs.

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