Black-chested buzzard-eagle
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The black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (Accipitridae). It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the black buzzard-eagle, the gray buzzard-eagle, or analogously with "eagle" or "eagle-buzzard" replacing "buzzard-eagle", or as the Chilean blue eagle. It is sometimes placed in the genus Buteo.[2][3]
"Buteo melanoleucus" redirect here. This name is also the name that the black-and-white hawk-eagle was first described under.
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Black-chested buzzard-eagle | |
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Adult male G. m. australis showing the contrasting underside plumage. In the nominate subspecies, the contrast is even stronger due to the pure white belly. Note short grey-tipped tail. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Geranoaetus |
Species: | G. melanoleucus |
Binomial name | |
Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819) | |
Range of Geranoaetus melanoleucus | |
Synonyms | |
Buteo fuscescens (Vieillot, 1819) |
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