Leucopternis
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Leucopternis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – certain hawks of parts of southern Central America and northwestern South America.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (genus): Leucopternis melanops (black-faced hawk) - type species; Leucopternis semiplumbeus (semiplumbeous hawk), Leucopternis kuhli (white-browed hawk) - other species in recent circumscriptions
- Leucopternis albicollis, Leucopternis lacernulatus, Leucopternis occidentalis, Leucopternis plumbeus, Leucopternis polionotus, Leucopternis princeps (now Morphnarchus princeps, barred hawk), Leucopternis schistaceus - species formerly included
References[edit]
Leucopternis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Leucopternis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Leucopternis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
