Listen to the Black-chested buzzard-eagle
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About the Black-chested buzzard-eagle
The Black-chested buzzard-eagle is a bird in the family Accipitridae (order Accipitriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 162 cm.
What does the Black-chested buzzard-eagle sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as display calls. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (Accipitridae). It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the black buzzard-eagle, the gray buzzard-eagle, or analogously with "eagle" or "eagle-buzzard" replacing "buzzard-eagle", or as the Chilean blue eagle. It is sometimes placed in the genus Buteo.
Related birds in the genus Geranoaetus
More from the family Accipitridae
Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Eurasian goshawk
Astur gentilis
Black kite
Milvus migrans
Common buzzard
Buteo buteo
Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Eurasian griffon vulture
Gyps fulvus
Red kite
Milvus milvus
Hen harrier
Circus cyaneus
Short-toed snake eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Booted eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Black-chested buzzard-eagle sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Black-chested buzzard-eagle on this page, including its display calls. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Black-chested buzzard-eagle endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-chested buzzard-eagle as “least concern”.
What family does the Black-chested buzzard-eagle belong to?
The Black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.
Sources & credits
- Display calls · Imbabura: 12 km N Salinas, near turnoff to La Concepción… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q633877 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-chested buzzard-eagle – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Estúdio Anderson Mello – CC BY-SA 4.0