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Black-faced Hawk
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Birds of prey & vultures

Black-faced Hawk

Leucopternis melanops (Latham, 1790)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBlack-faced Hawk
DutchZwartmaskerbuizerd
SpanishBusardo carinegro
Chinese黑脸南美𫛭
Sranan Tongoaka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameLeucopternis melanops (Latham, 1790)

About this species

The black-faced hawk (Leucopternis melanops) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This low-density species has traditionally been believed to be restricted to Amazon Basin north of the Amazon River, but there are several records south of this river, in, for example, the Brazilian states of Pará and Acre, and southeastern Peru. It is closely related to the white-browed hawk and individuals showing a level of intermediacy between the two species are known, suggesting that they rarely hybridize

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderAccipitriformes
FamilyAccipitridae
GenusLeucopternis

In Suriname

270Records in Suriname
8iNaturalist observations
1857First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini205
  • Brokopondo43
  • Para6
  • Commewijne1
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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