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Leucopternis polionotus (Mantled hawk)

Synonyms: Leucopternis polionota; Pseudastur polionotus

Wikipedia Abstract

The mantled hawk (Pseudastur polionotus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucopternis polionotus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.43399
EDGE Score: 2.55474
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [1]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [1]  70 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [2]  51
Wing Span [3]  4.034 feet (1.23 m)

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

Prey / Diet

Amazona brasiliensis (Red-tailed Amazon)[3]
Kerodon rupestris (Rock cavy)[4]
Laterallus melanophaius (Rufous-sided Crake)[4]
Piaya cayana (Squirrel Cuckoo)[3]
Trogon viridis (White-tailed Trogon)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Accipiter bicolor (Bicolored Hawk)1
Galictis vittata (Greater Grison)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Behaviour and diet of the Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionotus (Accipitridae; Buteoninae) during deforestation of an Atlantic Rainforest landscape in Southeast Brazil, Luiz Fernando Salvador-Jr., Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 18(1):68-71 Março de 2010
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0