Historical record of nesting of the Urubitinga coronata in Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Abstract

Were-evaluated the skins of four eagle specimens deposited at the Museu de Biologia Professor Mello Leitão and they were identified by the naturalist Augusto Ruschi as Harpia harpyja. Our evaluation, however, revealed that one of these specimens was, in fact, an individual of the species Urubitinga coronata. This correction demonstrates that U. coronata occurrs in Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, a region where no documented records for this eagle species existed up to this date.