Black-and-white hawk-eagle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Spizaetus |
Species: | S. melanoleucus
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Binomial name | |
Spizaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1816)
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Synonyms | |
Buteo melanoleucus Vieillot, 1816 |
The black-and-white hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus, formerly Spizastur melanoleucus) is a bird of prey species in the eagle and hawk family (Accipitridae). It is found throughout a large part of tropical America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.[2]