Black-and-white Hawk-eagle
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Black-and-white Hawk-eagle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Order: Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Spizaetus
Species: S. melanoleucus
Binomial name
Spizaetus melanoleucus
(Vieillot, 1816)
Synonyms
Buteo melanoleucus Vieillot, 1816
Spizastur melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1816)
The Black-and-white Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus, formerly Spizastur melanoleucus) is a bird of prey species in the [...]