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)]
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).
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) [XC277179]
by Jo\u00e3o Gava Just from Trilha dos Tropeiros, Sider\u00f3polis, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)
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.