Black-collared Hawk

Black-collared HawkThe Black-collared Hawk is a fish-eating raptor of Central and South American wetlands. Adults have a reddish-brown body with a black crescent on the upper breast.What does it look like?Adults are mostly reddish brown, with a whitish head and a black crescent on the upper breast. Most of the primaries are black.How does it live?The Black-collared Hawk is a fish-eating raptor of Central and South American wetlands. Adults have a reddish-brown body with a black crescent on the upper breast.It feeds mainly on fish and searches in shallow water. It often watches from a low perch and dives when it sees fish move at the surface. It also eats aquatic insects, snails, lizards, and other prey.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.