Burung pemangsa (Birds of Prey)
Black Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
- epik
- 60 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Soars over Amazonian canopy on broad black wings, then vanishes into the interior. Near-silent hunter.
- Populasi
- Fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (suspected declining)
- Habitat
- Humid lowland and mid-elevation tropical forest, forest edge, and second-growth woodland, often near rivers (lowlands up to ~2,000-3,000 m)
- Fakta menarik
- Named the tyrant hawk-eagle for its bold predation on monkeys and large birds, it typically raises just one chick and, like other Neotropical forest eagles, often nests only once every two or three years because of the long juvenile dependency period.
- Sebaran
- Southern/central Mexico through Central America and much of South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay), also west of the Andes in western Ecuador/NW Peru, to northeastern Argentina
- Makanan
- Carnivorous — large birds (toucans, chachalacas, macaws), arboreal mammals (monkeys, squirrels, opossums, bats), and reptiles (lizards, snakes)
- Ukuran
- 0,66 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1,4 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
