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[[Image:Plumbeous_Hawk.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Jose+Carlos|Jose Carlos}}<br />[[El Cope National Park]], [[Panama]], /July 2006]]
[[Image:Plumbeous_Hawk.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by Jose Carlos<br />Location: El Cope National Park, Panama]]
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;[[:Category:Cryptoleucopteryx|Cryptoleucopteryx]] plumbea
==Description==
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==Identification==
 
Dark slaty gray, tail black with one prominent white band
 
Dark slaty gray, tail black with one prominent white band
 
 
==Status and distribution==
 
rare in humid forest in lowlands and lower foothills from Panama to Peru
 
 
==Habits==
 
 
A rare hawk of forest interior , in early mourning perch high on a open branch.
 
 
==Identification==
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: found from eastern [[Panama]] to western [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]] and extreme north-western [[Peru]].
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
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It was formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Leucopternis|Leucopternis]]'' but recent research has shown that its closest relatives belong to the genus ''[[:Category:Buteogallus|Buteogallus]]'' (Black Hawks).
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
==Taxonomy==
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It is a species of forest interior which rarely soars.
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====Vocalisation====
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This is a vocally distinctive species which among other things perform male-female duets<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop492.html SACC proposal]] for taxonomy including this species
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Cryptoleucopteryx+plumbe}}
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{{Video|Plumbeous_Hawk}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Cryptoleucopteryx]] [[Category:Videos]]

Revision as of 18:48, 16 August 2014

Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea

Identification

Dark slaty gray, tail black with one prominent white band

Distribution

Central and South America: found from eastern Panama to western Colombia, Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1. It was formerly placed in genus Leucopternis but recent research has shown that its closest relatives belong to the genus Buteogallus (Black Hawks).

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Behaviour

It is a species of forest interior which rarely soars.

Vocalisation

This is a vocally distinctive species which among other things perform male-female duets[2].

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. 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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