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Busarellus nigricollis (Black-collared Hawk)

Synonyms: Falco nigricollis
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-collared hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Busarellus. It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and swamps. \n* immature birdMato Grosso do Sul, Brazil \n* FlyingMato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Infraspecies

Busarellus nigricollis leucocephalus
Busarellus nigricollis nigricollis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
32
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 15.9667
EDGE Score: 2.83125
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.731 lbs (785 g)
Female Weight [4]  2.108 lbs (956 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.354 lbs (614 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  55.7 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Freshwater marshes, Mangroves
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Freshwater marshes, Mangroves
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  90 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [1]  2
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [5]  73
Snout to Vent Length [1]  21 inches (53 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Erythrinus erythrinus (Trahira)[6]
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Yarrow)[6]
Hoplias malabaricus (Trahira)[6]
Hoplosternum littorale (Hassar)[6]
Serrasalmus spilopleura (Speckled piranha)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Jabiru mycteria (Jabiru)2
Leucopternis albicollis (White Hawk)1
Plagioscion squamosissimus (South American silver croaker)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Microparyphium asotum[7]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Hartman FA 1961. Locomotor mechanisms of birds. Smithson Misc Collect 143:1–91
♦ 5Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0