---
title: "Águia-chilena"
description: "Geranoaetus melanoleucus — Aves. The black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (Accipitridae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-chested-buzzard-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Águia-chilena

> Geranoaetus melanoleucus — Aves. The black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (Accipitridae).

- Scientific name: *Geranoaetus melanoleucus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 6083
- Wikidata: [Q633877](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q633877)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5422](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5422)

## Names

- en: Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
- de: Blaubussard
- es: Águila mora
- fr: Buse aguia
- pt: Águia-chilena
- pl: Aguja

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2412), CL (1312), EC (461), PE (375), CO (363), BR (256), BO (96), UY (75), PY (6)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Águia-chilena](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-chested-buzzard-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165730304

## Machine access

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