Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Black-collared Hawk

Busarellus nigricollis

The Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) is a 766 g forest bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

766 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Argentina, Belize, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Panama, Guatemala, GF, Nicaragua, Ecuador.

Where to see it: Route de Guatemala - Grandes pâtures (French Guiana); Pantanal · P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributaries (Brazil); Georgetown Botanical Gardens (Guyana); Mahaica River · Baiabu (Guyana); Hato El Cedral (acceso restringido) (Venezuela).

Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons