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Tiny hawk

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The tiny hawk (Accipiter superciliosus) is a small diurnal bird of prey found in or near forests, primarily humid, throughout much of the Neotropics. [1]

45 relations: Accipiter, Anatomy, Andes, Argentina, Beak, Bird nest, Bird of prey, Bird vocalization, Black-collared hawk, Bolivia, Brazil, Canopy (biology), Carl Linnaeus, Colombia, Common starling, Coracoid, Diurnality, Ecuador, Egg, Egg incubation, Fledge, Foothills, Foramen, Forest, Hummingbird, Little sparrowhawk, Neotropical realm, Nicaragua, Nucleic acid sequence, Panama, Paraguay, Passerine, Reproduction, Rodent, Rufous, Seasonal breeder, Semicollared hawk, Sexual dimorphism, Sister group, Species, Species complex, Subspecies, Tree, Upland and lowland, Venezuela.

Accipiter

Accipiter is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.

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Anatomy

Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds that is used for eating and for preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.

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Bird nest

A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.

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Bird of prey

A bird of prey, predatory bird, or raptor is any of several species of bird that hunts and feeds on rodents and other animals.

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Bird vocalization

Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs.

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Black-collared hawk

The black-collared hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

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Bolivia

Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Canopy (biology)

In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant community or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Common starling

The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae.

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Coracoid

A coracoid is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (therians.

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Diurnality

Diurnality is a form of plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night.

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Ecuador

Ecuador (Ikwadur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Egg

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own; at which point the animal hatches.

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Egg incubation

Incubation refers to the process by which certain oviparous (egg-laying) animals hatch their eggs; it also refers to the development of the embryo within the egg.

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Fledge

Fledging is the stage in a volant animal's life between hatching or parturition and flight.

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Foothills

Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increase in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area.

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Foramen

In anatomy, a foramen (pl. foramina) is any opening.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Hummingbird

Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family Trochilidae.

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Little sparrowhawk

The little sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus) is a species of Afrotropical bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Nucleic acid sequence

A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of letters that indicate the order of nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Paraguay

Paraguay (Paraguái), officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Tetã Paraguái), is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Reproduction

Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parents".

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Rufous

Rufous is a colour that may be described as reddish-brown or brownish-red, as of rust or oxidised iron.

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Seasonal breeder

Seasonal breeders are animal species that successfully mate only during certain times of the year.

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Semicollared hawk

The semicollared hawk (Accipiter collaris) is a bird of prey species of in the family Accipitridae.

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.

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Sister group

A sister group or sister taxon is a phylogenetic term denoting the closest relatives of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Species complex

In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related species that are very similar in appearance to the point that the boundaries between them are often unclear.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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Upland and lowland

Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Accipiter superciliosus, Falco superciliosus, Falco tinus, Hieraspiza superciliosa, Hieraspiza tinus, Tiny Hawk.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_hawk

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