Also known as Crested Hawk, Crested Baza, Pacific Cuckoo-Falcon
Pacific bazas are distinctive woodland raptors renowned for acrobatic tumbling displays, diving and rolling through the air while uttering piercing two-tone whistles. They possess an unusual omnivorous diet for a bird of prey, actively clambering through leafy canopies to glean large walking sticks and tree frogs, or perching delicately to pluck ripe figs. Monogamous pairs build flimsy twig nests high in eucalyptus or rainforest trees, sharing incubation duties throughout the spring and summer breeding cycle.
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