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Leucopternis Hawks
Leucopternis
Leucopternis is a Neotropical genus of birds of prey in the Accipitridae family. They are associated with tropical forests, and are uncommon or rare. Their plumage is largely black or gray above and white below, and they have distinctive orange ceres.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Semiplumbeous Hawk
speciesLeucopternis semiplumbeus

Black-faced Hawk
speciesLeucopternis melanops

White-browed Hawk
speciesLeucopternis kuhli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5248.