>Leucopternis polionotus (Mantled Hawk)

Mantled Hawk

Mantled Hawk
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Leucopternis
Species:	L. polionotus
Binomial name
Leucopternis polionotus (Kaup, 1847)
Synonyms
Leucopternis polionota (lapsus)

The Mantled Hawk (Leucopternis polionotus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridaefamily.

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.