Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Richard O. Bierregaard, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 13, 2015
Text last updated November 13, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | aligot emmascarat |
| Czech | káně škrabošková |
| Dutch | Zwartmaskerbuizerd |
| English | Black-faced Hawk |
| English (United States) | Black-faced Hawk |
| Finnish | helmiselkähaukka |
| French | Buse à face noire |
| French (France) | Buse à face noire |
| German | Zügelbussard |
| Japanese | カオグロノスリ |
| Norwegian | maskevåk |
| Polish | białostrząb okularowy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gavião-de-cara-preta |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bútio-de-faces-pretas |
| Russian | Чернолицая агуйла |
| Serbian | Crnoliki mišar |
| Slovak | myšiak okuliarnatý |
| Spanish | Busardo Carinegro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gavilán Carinegro |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gavilán de Cara Negra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Busardo carinegro |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gavilán Carinegro |
| Swedish | svartmaskad vråk |
| Turkish | Kara Yüzlü Şahin |
| Ukrainian | Канюк жовтодзьобий |
Leucopternis melanops (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Falco melanops
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1, p.37.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cayenne.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LEUCOPTERNIS
- melanops
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-faced Hawk
