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) [XC843876]
by Remco Hofland from San Miguel de los Bancos (near Escalera), Cant\u00f3n San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)
Plumbeous Hawk (Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea) [XC261520]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call, song, calls)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus), of which it was formerly considered a subspecies.