Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Black-faced Hawk (Leucopternis melanops) - HBW 2, p. 169
French: Buse à face noire
German: Zügelbussard
Spanish: Busardo Carinegro
Taxonomy: Falco melanops Latham, 1790, Cayenne.
Forms superspecies with L. kuhli. Monotypic.
Distribution: The Guianas and Amazonia N of Amazon R to E Colombia and E Ecuador. Specimens from R Tapajós (S of Amazon) may refer to L. kuhli.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, looking around Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2007 5 years ago 37 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a bird in a tree, looking around Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2007 5 years ago 55 sec 4.6 -
A bird in a tree, looking around, changing its position and flying away Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2007 5 years ago 35 sec 4.5 -
A close view of a bird calling once. Locality Mina Brisas del Cuyuní, Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 March 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A front view of a perched bird. Locality Mina Brisas del Cuyuní, Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 March 2008 4 years ago 1 min 1 sec 3.7 -
A bird giving a single call from a branch. Locality Mina Brisas del Cuyuní, Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 March 2008 4 years ago 15 sec 3.5
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Individual adult undetermined.
Locality Serra do Navio, Amapá State, Brazil
Bruno Salaroli 7 July 2012 34 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched
Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 4 August 2004 3 years ago 3
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A bird calling several times. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Calls. Locality Shiripuno River, Pastaza Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 12 May 2007 3 years ago 4
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