Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Accipitriformes
Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Milvinae
Genus: Harpagus
Species: Harpagus bidentatus
Subspecies: H. b. bidentatus – H. b. fasciatus
Name
Harpagus bidentatus (Latham, 1790: 38) [org. comb. Falco bidentatus]
References
Latham, J. 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. Volumen I: pp. i–xviii, 1–466. Londini. (Leigh & Sotheby). BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 38]
Vernacular names
čeština: Luněc rezavoprsý
English: Double-toothed Kite
español: Milano bidentado
português: Gavião-ripina
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]
Silanche Reserve – Ecuador
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
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.
Henderson, Carrol L. "Birds of Costa Rica." University of Texas Press, 2002 and 2010. pg 70
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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