- Leucopternis melanops
Identification
37-42cm. Blackish slate cap and hind neck, white spots on wing coverts and scapulars, orbital eye ring white underparts, brown eyes, dark tail with single white bar (juveniles have two bars), yellow feet. Sexes similar.
Distribution
Brazil, the Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests, swampy forest and along wooded river banks.
Behaviour
The diet includes birds, snakes, invertebrates and large athropods and beetles.
