Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon)
French: Milan à plastron
German: Schwarzbrustmilan
Spanish: Milano Pechinegro
Other common names: Black breasted Kite/Buzzard kite
Taxonomy: Buteo melanosternon Gould, 1841, interior of New South Wales.
Traditionally regarded as a primitive kite of Milvus affinity, to which unrelated; now considered part of old endemic Australasian clade (see page 55). Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia, except S and E.
- Least Concern
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