Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)

Other Scientific Names
Spizastur melanoleucus [Collar et al. (1994)], Spizastur melanoleucus [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Spizastur melanoleucus [Stotz et al. (1996)], Spizastur melanoleucus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
56 - 60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1816)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,700 m, occasionally to 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Belize (B), Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), French Guiana (B), Guatemala (B), Guyana (B), Honduras (B), Mexico (B), Nicaragua (B), Panama (B), Paraguay (B), Peru (B), Suriname (B), Venezuela (B).

Eastern and southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) through Central America to Colombia, whence southern on Pacific slope to western Ecuador, and east through northern Venezuela to the Guianas, then south through eastern and southern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina and Paraguay; eastern Peru (Loreto) and northern and eastern Bolivia (Beni to Santa Cruz).

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus) [XC111828]
by Douglas Meyer from Campo Belo do Sul - Santa Catarina State, Brazil (song?)

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus) [XC277180]
by Carlos Candia-Gallardo from Trilha dos Tropeiros, Sider\u00f3polis, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Spizastur melanoleucus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) is transfered to the genus Spizaetus following SACC (2006) and AOU (2007).

Monotypic genus, very similar to Old World Hieraaetus.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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