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Neotropical Birds
Discovery the Neotropical Birds
Through time and travel, RoyalFlycatcher has documented much of Biodiversity, mainly of birds in Mexico, and in other parts of the world (United States, Canada, Central America, Brazil, Cuba, Spain).
The high diversity of birds existing in the Neotropics is well known. But it is also one of the regions where very little is known about the ecology of many birds. There is information about the decrease in the number of individuals and species due to habitat loss and climate change. Many species are disappearing from their ranges and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find certain birds on observation trips. The objective of the Neotropical Birds project is to provide society with knowledge about bird species in the Neotropics and share their intimate behavior that our style and rhythm of life have not allowed us to know. For RoyalFlycatcher, the Neotropical Birds project seeks to document and generate information on birds in the Neotropics, as a conservation tool.
Alberto Martínez Fernández
royalflycatcher.birding@gmail.com
96 7142 9969
Biologist, ornithologist, certified guide, specialist in birdwatching, nature photography and video. His passion for birds started at an early age; now with more than 20 years of experience. He has collaborated with national and international agencies for bird conservation.
Founder of RoyalFlycatcher, seeking to promote love for birds and their conservation.
Miguel Ángel Sicilia
55 3201 0780
Biologist, photographer, editor and content designer, focused on highlighting the natural diversity of Mexico, using photography and video as my main tools, freelance since January 2020.
White-breasted Hawk (Accipiter chionogaster) Neotropical birds
It is considered as a subspecies of Accipiter striatus. However, its features make it for many a different species; only juveniles could be confused with A. striatus. Because it is not considered a different species, for the IUCN it does not have any risk category. However, its distribution is restricted to southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and it is only found in cold forests.
On one of our walks in 2016 outside San Cristóbal de las Casas, we found the first White-breasted Hawk nest in a pine-oak forest. This first nest, built in a pine tree with a height of 25 to 28 meters, was monitored for over a month. We were able to witness the chickens grow and see how the parents brought them food. During this year, the couple had 3 chickens (one female and two males). In the current year 2020, 50 meters from the nest monitored in 2016, in a pine tree with a height similar to the first tree, we were able to see the growth of 4 chickens in a nest. For some reason, a chicken was larger than the rest of them. It is deducted that this individual was from a first laying and the other 3 chickens were at least two weeks old.
Like most accipiter, the parents were within a radius not bigger than 100 meters, to deliver food from male to female. The latter is the one who transports the food to the nest and begins to feed the baby birds chicks.