Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Spizaetus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus

Marshall J. Iliff
Version: 1.0 — Published March 26, 2010

Demography and Populations

Introduction

There is very little information on population or demography. Bierregaard (1994) reports a nesting density of one pair per 787 hectares in Petén, Guatemala. A published report of mortality due to shooting in Veracruz, Mexico, may include the only reports of ectoparasites from the species: a mallophagan (Menacanthus stramineusth), and a blood-sucking fly (Pseudolynchia canariensis).

Recommended Citation

Iliff, M. J. (2010). Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.orheag1.01
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