black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) Description
Deutsch: Blaubussard (Geranoaetus melanoleucus, Vieillot) im Tierpark Berlin
English: Black-chested Eagle-buzzard (Geranoaetus melanoleucus, Vieillot), Tierpark Berlin
Date 13 March 2011, 15:40:01
Author Avda https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Avda
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black-chested_Eagle-buzzard_Tierpark_Berlin.jpg
The black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (Accipitridae). It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the black buzzard-eagle, grey buzzard-eagle or analogously with "eagle" or "eagle-buzzard" replacing "buzzard-eagle", or as the Chilean blue eagle. It is sometimes placed in the genus Buteo. Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae, Subfamily: Buteoninae, Species: Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms:
Buteo fuscescens (Vieillot, 1819)
Buteo melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819; non Vieillot, 1816: preoccupied)
Spizaetus fuscescens Vieillot, 1819
Spizaetus melanoleucus Vieillot, 1819 (non Vieillot, 1816: preoccupied)