Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Slate-colored Hawk (Leucopternis schistacea) - HBW 2, p. 168
French: Buse ardoisée
German: Schieferbussard
Spanish: Busardo Pizarroso
Taxonomy: Asturina schistacea Sundevall, 1851, Brazil.
Previously placed in Buteogallus. Forms superspecies with L. plumbea, with which it has been considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Amazonia, from SE Colombia and SW Venezuela S through E Ecuador and E Peru to N & E Bolivia, and E to E French Guiana and CN Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree. Locality Río Negro, Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2005 6 years ago 11 sec 2.7
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A close-up of a head, on hand.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 3 September 2006 8 weeks ago 3.8 -
A perched bird in a tree.
Locality Río Negro, Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 2 September 2005 8 weeks ago 3.2 -
in forest, sitting, pose, posing, branch
Locality Explornapo Lodge, Loreto Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
dreyernp 26 November 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A bird perched and drying its wings
Locality Borba, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 15 August 2004 2 years ago 3 -
Dorsal view of a bird on hand.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 3 September 2006 8 weeks ago 2.5
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calls, perched Locality Borba, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp schistacea)
Jeremy Minns 15 August 2004 2 years ago 0
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