Black-faced Hawk
Leucopternis melanops(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Black-faced Hawk
The Black-faced Hawk (Leucopternis melanops) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: southeastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, northeastern Ecuador, and northern Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leucopternis melanops
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-faced Hawk
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco melanops
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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