double-toothed kite
harpagus bidentatus latin

The double-toothed kite generally hunts from a perch above the rainforest floor.

These include the double-toothed kite, the white hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk.

The Double-toothed Kite often accompanies these monkeys, exactly as it does other species of primates.

The Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.

Double-toothed Kite and certain Buteo hawks (e.g. Short-tailed Hawk) may show a vaguely similar pattern, but are very differently shaped.

However, the tamarins ignore one bird of prey, the Double-toothed Kite, which sometimes follows the tamarins in an apparent effort to feed on small animals disturbed by the tamarins.

At Corcovado National Park, bird species known to regularly follow squirrel monkeys include the Double-toothed Kite, the Grey-headed Tanager and the Tawny-winged Woodcreeper, but other woodcreepers and species such as motmots and trogons do so as well.

The Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.