- The black-and-white hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus,
formerly Spizastur melanoleucus) is a bird of prey
species in the
eagle and hawk
family (Accipitridae)...
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subfamily Aquilinae. Genera: Aquila, Hieraaetus; Spizaetus, Oroaetus,
Spizastur; Nisaetus; Ictinaetus, Lophoaetus; Polemaetus; and Stephanoaetus. See...
- be long-tailed and slender. The
American Ornithologists'
Union merges Spizastur into
Spizaetus since 2007.
Spizaetus eagles are
forest birds with several...
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other Aquila species. The
notch was
variably open or
weakly ossified in
Spizastur melanoleucos,
Lophoaetus occipitalis,
Spizaetus ornatus, and Stephanoaetus...
- Spizaetus, as
Spizaetus melanoleucus. Nowadays, however, the
monotypic genus Spizastur is
merged in Spizaetus, and the black-and-white hawk-eagle, originally...
- the
ornate hawk-eagle,
resulting in
their respective former genera of
Spizastur and
Oroaetus being eliminated. The
fourth neotropical hawk-eagle, the...
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eagle (Harpia harpyja), the
eagle Morphnus guianensis, the hawk-eagle
Spizastur melanoleucus, red-throated
caracara (Ibycter americ****) and the falcon...