---
title: "Gavião-pato"
description: "Spizaetus melanoleucus — Aves. The black-and-white hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey species in the eagle and hawk family (Accipitridae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-and-white-hawk-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gavião-pato

> Spizaetus melanoleucus — Aves. The black-and-white hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey species in the eagle and hawk family (Accipitridae).

- Scientific name: *Spizaetus melanoleucus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 669
- Wikidata: [Q1259996](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1259996)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73433](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73433)

## Names

- en: Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
- de: Elsteradler
- es: Águila Albinegra
- fr: Aigle noir et blanc
- nl: Zwartwitte kuifarend
- pt: Gavião-pato
- pl: Wojownik białogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (323), MX (54), AR (38), PE (30), EC (29), BZ (27), CO (26), GT (20), PA (20), GF (9), HN (9), CR (8)

## Summary

The black-and-white hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey species in the eagle and hawk family (Accipitridae). It is found throughout a large part of tropical America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white_hawk-eagle

## Photo

![Gavião-pato](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-and-white-hawk-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83827686

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-and-white-hawk-eagle?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).