Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus melanoleucus(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
The Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) 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: forest of southern Mexico to northern Argentina and BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buteo melanoleucus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- Guiana.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 4 p.482
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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