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Black
Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus
tyrannus
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| This species is found throughout
the region, but is definitely far commoner on the Caribbean
slope. The large size makes this species conspicuous, but it
is often first located by its far carrying wheooo call. It is
fairly easy to see in places like Pico Bonito. Other than the
Caribbean slope, Howell and Webb give only 3 locations for this
species: one in southern Honduras, one in El Salvador and one
in the western highlands of Guatemala. The only known site in
El Salvador is El Imposible, where they are fairly easy to see.
The site in southern Honduras is probably La Tigra, where I
have seen them on both of my visits. However, I have seen this
species on several occasions in western Guatemala at Finca Chicharos,
Fuentes Georginas, Santa Maria de Jesus and a fourth location
further west that I could not locate on subsequent visits. Considering
the relatively little time that I have spent in the region,
I would consider this species to be fairly common there. Howell
and Webb give the altitudinal range of this species as 0-1000m,
though up to 1500m in southern Mexico and Guatemala. All of
my sightings in the Western Highlands of Guatemala have been
much higher than this (except Finca Chicharos which is at about
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