Grey-backed Hawk

Taxobox
name = Grey-backed Hawk


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Leucopternis"
species = "L. occidentalis"
binomial = "Leucopternis occidentalis"
binomial_authority = Salvin, 1876
synonyms =

The Grey-backed Hawk ("Leucopternis occidentalis") is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11905/all Leucopternis occidentalis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3485&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]