Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Black-and-white Hawk-eagle (Spizastur melanoleucus) - HBW 2, p. 201
French: Aigle noir et blanc
German: Elsteradler
Spanish: Aguila azor Blanquinegra
Taxonomy: Buteo melanoleucus Vieillot, 1816, Guiana.
Monotypic genus, very similar to Old World Hieraaetus. Monotypic.
Distribution: E & S Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) through Central America to Colombia, whence S on Pacific slope to W Ecuador, and E through N Venezuela to the Guianas, then S through E & S Brazil to NE Argentina and Paraguay; E Peru (Loreto) and N & E Bolivia (Beni to Santa Cruz).
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In flight. Locality Veracel (Veracruz) Private Reserve, Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil
Ciro Albano 15 March 2012 9 weeks ago 57 sec 3.6 -
A bird flying past. Locality Apoera, Sipaliwini District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 May 2011 36 weeks ago 18 sec 3 -
A bird on a trunk, with a prey Locality El Palmar, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 January 2006 5 years ago 54 sec 3 -
A bird on a perch, fluffing off and shaking its plumage Locality Guira Oga Recovery Centre, Misiones Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 May 2005 6 years ago 55 sec 2.4 -
A bird on a dead tree Locality Santa Elena de Uairén, Bolívar State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 December 2005 5 years ago 7 sec 2.2
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in flight
Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 27 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
at Manu rd
Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 27 December 2009 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult perched on dead snag.
Locality Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro, Amazonas State, Brazil
marmoset 15 July 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
Soaring
Locality El Tamá National Park, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 3 November 2008 3 years ago 3 -
A individual in flight
Locality Brusque, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Glauco Kohler 7 August 2011 25 weeks ago 2.9 -
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle in Rebio das Perobas (Paraná / Brazil)
Locality Paraná State, Brazil
Willian Menq 12 June 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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An individual flying above forest canopy. Locality Campo Belo do Sul, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Adrian Eisen Rupp 10 February 2011 46 weeks ago 3
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