Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Plumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis plumbea) - HBW 2, p. 168
French: Buse plombée
German: Bleibussard
Spanish: Busardo Plomizo
Taxonomy: Leucopternis plumbea Salvin, 1872, Ecuador.
Forms superspecies with L. schistacea, of which it was formerly considered a subspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Panama through W Colombia and W Ecuador to extreme NW Peru.
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perched
Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Wim de Groot 5 March 2011 37 weeks ago 4.2 -
An adult perched in a clearing.
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 6 March 2008 2 years ago 3.5
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Calls from a perched bird. Locality Jocotoco Foundation’s Canandé Station, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 18 October 2004 2 years ago 3
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