Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Black-faced Hawk

Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops

Described by: Latham (1790)
Alternate common name(s): Masked Hawk
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil - Aug, 2004 © Arthur Grosset  São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil - Aug, 2004 © Arthur Grosset  Hotel Tropical, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - Apr 17, 2007 © David Smith  Hotel Tropical, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - Apr 17, 2007 © David Smith 
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Range

Amazon Basin n. of the Amazon River;
S. Venezuela (upper Orinoco River opposite Guainia, Colombia and Bolivar), Guyana, Surinam, Guiana e. n. of the Amazon River in n. Brazil e. to Para and the Rio Tapajos and se. Colombia (w. Caqueta along the Rio Bodoquero s. of Florencia and w. Putumayo, Puerto Umbria), ne. Ecuador, e. Peru.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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