Leucopternis

Translingual

Leucopternis semiplumbeus

Proper noun

Leucopternis m

A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – certain hawks of parts of southern Central America and northwestern South America.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Accipitriformes - order; Accipitridae - family; Buteoninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Leucopternis semiplumbeus (semiplumbeous hawk), Leucopternis melanops (black-faced hawk), Leucopternis kuhli (white-browed hawk) - species in recent circumscriptions
- Leucopternis albicollis, Leucopternis lacernulatus, Leucopternis occidentalis, Leucopternis plumbeus, Leucopternis polionotus, Leucopternis princeps, Leucopternis schistaceus - species formerly included

References

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Leucopternis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Leucopternis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Leucopternis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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