Other Scientific Names
Leucopternis plumbea [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Leucopternis plumbea [Collar et al. (1994)], Leucopternis plumbea [BirdLife International (2000)], Leucopternis plumbea [BirdLife International (2004)], Leucopternis plumbea [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Leucopternis plumbea [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Eastern Panama through western Colombia and western Ecuador to extreme north-western Peru.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion to agriculture is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Plumbeous Hawk (Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea) [XC261521]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Awacachi Biological Corridor, R\u00edo Tululv\u00ed area, Ecuador (call, song, calls from perch, songs in flight)
Plumbeous Hawk (Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea) [XC54655]
by Andrew Spencer from Reserva Mangaloma, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus), of which it was formerly considered a subspecies.