Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Accipitriformes > Accipitridae > Accipiter > Accipiter chionogaster

Accipiter chionogaster (White-breasted Hawk)

Language: Spanish

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.89581
EDGE Score: 2.18558
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  138 grams
Female Weight [1]  174 grams
Male Weight [1]  103 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  68.9 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [1]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  24 days
Incubation [1]  33 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  20 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  11 inches (29 cm)
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central American montane forests Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central American pine-oak forests Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Chiapas montane forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Montecristo National Park IV 9237 El Salvador  
Proyecto Ecologico Quetzal   Guatemala    
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve   Honduras      

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Montecristo Forest El Salvador A1, A2, A3
Río Sapo/Perquín El Salvador A2, A3
The Alotepeque Range El Salvador A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

External References

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
♦ 2Hamish 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
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
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