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Leucopternis schistaceus

Buteogallus schistaceus

Photo by Douglas Bolt

[edit] Identification

Medium slate-grey in colour, contrasting white horizontal banding on its tail feathers, white breast with vertical black markings. It has a large orange cere at the base of its beak, and large yellow eyes.

[edit] Distribution

Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and French Guiana.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

SACC places this species as a member of the genus Buteogallus (Black Hawks).

[edit] Habitat

Swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes frogs, crabs, snakes, and small mammals.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. SACC proposal] for taxonomy including this species

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