Double-toothed kite
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Harpagus |
| Species: | H. bidentatus
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| Harpagus bidentatus (Latham, 1790)
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The double-toothed kite (Harpagus bidentatus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[1]
Description[]
This fairly small raptor is 33–38 cm (13–15 in) long and weighs 161–230 grams (5.7–8.2 oz.)[3] It is dark grey in colour. The kite's white rump patch is conspicuous in flight, making the double-toothed kite one of the easiest Costa Rican raptors to identify.[4]
Habitat[]
The double-toothed kite is a fairly common bird in the mid and low elevation forests of Central America.[4] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1]
Diet[]
The double-toothed kite generally hunts from a perch above the rainforest floor. The kite dives quickly downward to catch lizards and insects, the principle staples of its diet.[5] The double toothed kite is an opportunistic hunter, often perching near groups of monkeys in order to capture prey flushed by the large mammals.[5]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2020). "Harpagus bidentatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22695060A168674029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22695060A168674029.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
- ^ Double-toothed Kite.
- ^ a b Henderson, Carrol L. "Birds of Costa Rica." University of Texas Press, 2002 and 2010. pg 70
- ^ a b Asa Wright Nature Center. Double-toothed Kite
References[]
- Asa Wright Nature Center. http://www.birdsoftt.com/birds_info/double-toothed%20kite.htm
- Henderson, Carrol L. "Birds of Costa Rica." University of Texas Press, 2002 and 2010. pg 70.
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