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[[Image:White-necked_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Juan+J.+Culasso|Juan J. Culasso}}<br>Location: Linhares ES, [[Brazil]]]] | [[Image:White-necked_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Juan+J.+Culasso|Juan J. Culasso}}<br>Location: Linhares ES, [[Brazil]]]] | ||
| + | Alternative names: Small Pigeon Hawk. <br> New proposed name 2010 - ''Amadonastur lacernulatus'' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
43-48 cm. White head, grey hindcrown, neck and upper back, all-white underparts, black back and wings, some faint whitish mottling on tertials, broad, rounded wings. short white tail, with black base and thin apical band, yellow iris, cere and legs. Immature has dark streaks on crown and nape, rufous-brown tips to wing-coverts and scapulars. | 43-48 cm. White head, grey hindcrown, neck and upper back, all-white underparts, black back and wings, some faint whitish mottling on tertials, broad, rounded wings. short white tail, with black base and thin apical band, yellow iris, cere and legs. Immature has dark streaks on crown and nape, rufous-brown tips to wing-coverts and scapulars. | ||
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- Leucopternis lacernulatus
Alternative names: Small Pigeon Hawk.
New proposed name 2010 - Amadonastur lacernulatus
Identification
43-48 cm. White head, grey hindcrown, neck and upper back, all-white underparts, black back and wings, some faint whitish mottling on tertials, broad, rounded wings. short white tail, with black base and thin apical band, yellow iris, cere and legs. Immature has dark streaks on crown and nape, rufous-brown tips to wing-coverts and scapulars.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Moist lowland forests, montanes and plantations.
Behaviour
The diet includes invertebrate prey such as spiders and insects, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals.
