Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Gray-bellied Goshawk

Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster

Described by: Temminck (1824)
Alternate common name(s): Grey-bellied Goshawk
Old scientific name(s): Accipiter pectoralis

Photographs

Bolivar, Venezuela - Nov 6, 2003 © Brennan Mulrooney 
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Range

C. and ec. South America;
E. of the Andes in ne. and se. Colombia (Santa Marta region, Cesar, Meta, Vaupes), w. and s. Venezuela (Tachira, s. Bolivar), Guyana, Surinam, Guiana s. through Amazonian, e. and se. Brazil (w. to the Rio Negro and Rio Madeira, Goias, w. and se. Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and e. Mato Grosso), e. Ecuador, e. Peru, n. and e. Bolivia (Pando, Santa Cruz), Paraguay to n. Argentina (Misiones).
Birds in Colombia and Ecuador may be migrants from the s., since all records have been between March and June.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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