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[[Image:Gray-backed HawkSJ.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br /> El Oro Province,  [[Ecuador]], November, 2014]]
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;[[:Category:Pseudastur|Pseudastur]] occidentalis
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
45–52 cm
 
45–52 cm
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*Blackish-grey upperparts
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*Grey head (nape and mantle streaked with white)<br />
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Sexes similar
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]]: found in western [[Ecuador]] and adjacent north-western [[Peru]]
 
[[South America]]: found in western [[Ecuador]] and adjacent north-western [[Peru]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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It was formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Leucopternis|Leucopternis]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Montane evergreen and semi-deciduous forests.
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Montane evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Observed at heights around 1,098 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
====Diet====
 
====Diet====
 
Their diet consists of small birds and rodents, lizards, snakes, frogs, worms and insects.
 
Their diet consists of small birds and rodents, lizards, snakes, frogs, worms and insects.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
 
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)
 
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)
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#BF Member observations
 
{{ref}}
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Leucopternis+occidentalis}}
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{{GSearch|Pseudastur+occidentalis}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]][[Category:Leucopternis]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pseudastur]]

Latest revision as of 18:17, 31 January 2015

Photo by Stanley Jones
El Oro Province, Ecuador, November, 2014
Pseudastur occidentalis

Identification

45–52 cm

  • Blackish-grey upperparts
  • Grey head (nape and mantle streaked with white)

Sexes similar

Distribution

South America: found in western Ecuador and adjacent north-western Peru

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

It was formerly placed in the genus Leucopternis.

Habitat

Montane evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Observed at heights around 1,098 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small birds and rodents, lizards, snakes, frogs, worms and insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)
  4. BF Member observations

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