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Accipiter superciliosus
Sign in to saveAlso known as tiny hawk, Microspizias superciliosus
species of bird
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
Observations recorded7,556
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 74
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UCLA, ROM, MSB, LSUMZ, CM
- Recorded in
- French Guiana, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil
Bird sounds
- call, calling for feeding chicks· Costa Rica· quality A
- canto· Brazil· quality A
- song· Brazil· quality A
- song· Brazil· quality A
via Xeno-canto
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Encyclopedic overview
The tiny hawk (Microspizias superciliosus) is a small diurnal bird of prey found primarily around humid forests of the Neotropics. It is primarily a bird-eater, and is known to prey on hummingbirds.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Accipiter superciliosus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.