Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) Science Article 1 abstract We studied Double-toothed Kites (Harpagus bidentatus) in tropical lowlandforest at Tikal National Park, Peten, Guatemala, documenting behavior and diet during theincubation and nestling periods. These 200-g kites are Accipiter-like in form and strikinglysize-dimorphic for a kite. Modal clutch size was two, producing 0.63 fledglings per nestingattempt and […]
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Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Harpagus bidentatus | [authority] Latham, 1790 | [UK] Double-toothed Kite | [FR] Milan bidente | [DE] Doppelzahn-Weih | [ES] Milano Bidentado | [NL] Tandwouw Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Harpagus are small kites with rather short and rounded wings. The size difference between the sexes […]