Other Scientific Names
Leucopternis schistacea [BirdLife International (2004)], Leucopternis schistacea [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Leucopternis schistacea [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Other Names (World)
Slate-colored Hawk, Slate-coloured Hawk
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela.
Amazonia, from south-eastern Colombia and south-western Venezuela south through eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to northern and eastern Bolivia, and east to eastern French Guiana and central-northern Brazil.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).
Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus) [XC257358]
by John V. Moore from Orellana: 'Yuturi Lodge', s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, calls)
Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus) [XC537655]
by Jerome Fischer from Purus River, Boca do Acre, State of Amazonas, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Previously placed in Buteogallus. Forms superspecies with Plumbeous Hawk (Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea), with which it has been considered conspecific.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet