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Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
This photo is courtesy of Alvaro Moises. This species is confined to mangroves and forests bordering rivers and other wetland areas. Howell and Webb give the status as uncommon to fairly common on both slopes. I have only ever seen this species in Belize, where Jones gives a similar status. However, I have the impression that this is really quite a rare bird now in our area. There have been no records for many years in El Salvador and it is probably extinct in the country. Bonta and Anderson place a question mark beside its status on the Pacific slope of Honduras, implying that there are no confirmed records and they give its status elsewhere in the country as uncommon. Monroe described the species as uncommon to rare in Honduras and their comments on how it has disappeared from Lago Yojoa (between the 50s and 60s) suggests that there may have been a general decline. I have no information on its status on the Pacific slope of Guatemala, but Beavers describes it as very rare in the Peten. There is quite a lot of suitable habitat in the Mosquitia. However, I have never seen it there and the local boatmen, who often know a lot about the local birds, were not familiar with it.