Order: Accipitriformes | Family: Accipitridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Ecuador
Status: The Black-faced Hawk is common to rare on the north side of the Amazon and Marañon rivers. It is also known to be local in Madre de Dios and Ucayali. It is unknown whether this hawk occurs in more areas south of the Amazon River. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Br.
Name in Spanish: Gavilán de Cara Negra.
Sub-species: Black-faced Hawk (Leucopternis melanops), Latham 1790.
Meaning of Name: Leucopternis: Gr. Leukos= white and pternis= hawk, falcon. melanops: Gr. melas= black and ops= face, man.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.