Translingual

Leucopternis semiplumbeus

Proper noun

Leucopternis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – certain hawks of parts of southern Central America and northwestern South America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Accipitridae - family; Buteoninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Leucopternis semiplumbeus (semiplumbeous hawk), Leucopternis melanops (black-faced hawk), Leucopternis kuhli (white-browed hawk) - species in recent circumscriptions
  • Leucopternis albicollis, Leucopternis lacernulatus, Leucopternis occidentalis, Leucopternis plumbeus, Leucopternis polionotus, Leucopternis princeps, Leucopternis schistaceus - species formerly included

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276