Nombre en español: Gavilán Pizarra

Nombre en ingles: Plumbeous Hawk

Nombre científico: Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea

Familia: Accipitridae

Canto: Andrew Spencer

El busardo plomizo, gavilán pizarra, gavilán plomizo o gavalón plomizo menor (Cryptoleucopterix plumbea) es una especie de ave de rapiña de la familia Accipitridae. Es nativo del extremo este de América Central y del noroeste de América del Sur.

Distribución

Se encuentra en Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá y Perú.

Hábitat

Su hábitat natural son los bosques húmedos subtropicales o tropicales de tierras bajas. Está amenazada por pérdida de hábitat.

Plumbeous hawk

The plumbeous hawk (Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Plumbeous Hawk is one of the most poorly known members of the Neotropical genus Leucopternis. This species is distributed along the west slope of the northern Andes in the Choco biogeographic region in northwestern Colombia and western Ecuador, where it is resident in humid lowland forest and foothills up to 800 m. The Plumbeous Hawk feeds on small vertebrates, which it hunts in the forest interior with a perch-and-wait strategy. Though it is the only completely slate-colored Leucopternis in its range, it might be confused with the Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens), but note the Crane Hawk’s larger size, longer tarsi, conspicuously banded tail and more slender structure.