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Leucopternis is a
Neotropical genus of
birds of prey in the
family Accipitridae. They are ****ociated with
tropical forest, and are
uncommon or rare. Their...
- Peters'
influential 1931
checklist placed the
white hawk in Kaup's
genus Leucopternis,
listing five subspecies: L.
albicollis albicollis, L. a. ghiesbrechti...
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endemic to Brazil. The white-necked hawk was for a time
placed in
genus Leucopternis but
molecular studies placed it in Buteogallus. A 2009
paper proposed...
- Family:
Accipitridae Genus:
Buteogallus Species: B. schistaceus
Binomial name
Buteogallus schistaceus (Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms Leucopternis schistaceus...
- "Buteonine group"
includes genera Buteo, Parabuteo, Geranoetus, and most of
Leucopternis.
Members of this
group have also been
called "hawk-buzzards". The proposed...
- they seem to be
close to some
species that were
uncomfortably placed in
Leucopternis. As that
genus was
apparently polyphyletic, the
present article follows...
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genus Leucopternis, it is very
poorly known and
there is much to be
learned about the
biology and po****tion
ecology of this species.
Leucopternis semiplumbeus...
- What
researchers found was that the
black and
white plumage of
genus Leucopternis has
evolved at
least twice, and the
widespread occurrence of this plumage...
- Accipitridae. This hawk was
formerly placed in the
genus Leucopternis and was
known as
Leucopternis polionota or
polionotus but is now
classified as Pseudastur...
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northern Peru. The grey-backed hawk was
traditionally placed in
genus Leucopternis but
following a 2006 paper,
taxonomists moved it and two
other species...
