Tag: Leucopternis melanops

Sympatry of the Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanopsand the White-browed Hawk Leucopternis kuhli in theLower Rio Tapajos, Para, Brazil

Accipitridae, Accipitriformes, science article, South America
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Black-faced Hawk (Leucopternis melanops) Science Article 1 abstract Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops is distributed north of the Amazon riverand has been considered allopatric with Leucopternis kuhli, a similar species (or raceseparated by the Amazon river) south of the Amazon. However, doubt exists as towhether L. melanops also occurs south of the Amazon. Although two specimens […]

Black-faced Hawk (Leucopternis melanops)

Accipitridae, Accipitriformes, South America
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[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Leucopternis melanops | [authority] Latham, 1790 | [UK] Black-faced Hawk | [FR] Buse a face noire | [DE] Zugelbussard | [ES] Busardo Carinegro | [NL] Zwartmaskerbuizerd Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Leucopternis melanops SA n Amazonia Genus Members of the genus Leucopternis are small to medium-sized buteonine […]