Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Leucopternis Higher classification Accipitrinae Order Accipitriformes | Family Accipitridae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
Lower classifications Barred hawk, Semiplumbeous hawk, Slate‑coloured hawk, Black‑faced hawk, White‑browed hawk | ||
Semiplumbeus hawk leucopternis semiplumbeus birdwatching costa rica
Leucopternis is a Neotropical genus of birds of prey in the Accipitridae family. They are associated with tropical forests, and are uncommon or rare. Their plumage is largely black or gray above and white below, and they have distinctive orange ceres.
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Species
Traditionally, Leucopternis contains significantly more species than given here. However, as the genus probably was polyphyletic, moves of species to other genera were proposed and have been accepted by the American Ornithologists' Union's South American Check-list Committee and North American Check-list Committee, except that the South American Committee placed the former L. lacernulatus in the existing genus Buteogallus instead of in a new genus Amadonastur by itself. The other species were placed in the genera Cryptoleucopteryx, Morphnarchus, Pseudastur, and Buteogallus. According to this treatment, the species remaining in Leucopternis are:
