Check List 15(1): 203-207, doi: 10.15560/15.1.203
Filling the distribution gaps of two species of Accipiter Brisson, 1760 (Aves, Accipitriformes) in northeastern Brazil
Hilda Raianne Silva de Melo‡, Anderson Felipe Teixeira da Silva‡, Ana Priscila Medeiros Olímpio‡, Shirliane de Araújo Sousa§, Flávio Kulaif Ubaid‡‡ Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, Brazil§ Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Cratéus, Brazil
Corresponding author: Flávio Kulaif Ubaid ( flavioubaid@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Caio J. Carlos © 2019 Hilda Raianne Silva de Melo, Anderson Felipe Teixeira da Silva, Ana Priscila Medeiros Olímpio, Shirliane de Araújo Sousa, Flávio Kulaif Ubaid. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Melo HRS, Silva AFT, Olímpio APM, Sousa SA, Ubaid FK (2019) Filling the distribution gaps of two species of Accipiter Brisson, 1760 (Aves, Accipitriformes) in northeastern Brazil. Check List 15(1): 203-207. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.1.203 |  |
Abstract
We present new records of Gray-bellied Hawk, Accipiter poliogaster (Temminck, 1824), and Rufous-thighed Hawk, A. striatus erythronemius (Kaup, 1850), from northeastern Brazil and review the occurrence of these species in this region. While A. s. erythronemius occurs in secondary forests in the semi-arid regions of northeast Brazil, A. poliogaster seems to be associated more with mature and wet forests and not in the Caatinga scrub.
Keywords
Accipitridae, Accipiter poliogaster, Accipiter striatus erythronemius, geographic range, Gray-bellied Hawk, Maranhão, Rufous-thighed Hawk