Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | káně orlí |
Dutch | Grijze Arendbuizerd |
English | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle |
English (United States) | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle |
Finnish | deguhaukka |
French | Buse aguia |
French (France) | Buse aguia |
German | Andenbussard |
Icelandic | Blávákur |
Japanese | ワシノスリ |
Norwegian | høvdingvåk |
Polish | aguja wielka |
Portuguese (Brazil) | águia-serrana |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Bútio-chileno |
Russian | Агуйя |
Serbian | Aguja orao |
Slovak | myšiak aguja |
Spanish | Águila Mora |
Spanish (Argentina) | Aguila Mora |
Spanish (Chile) | Águila |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Águila Pechinegra |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Águila mora |
Spanish (Peru) | Aguilucho de Pecho Negro |
Spanish (Spain) | Águila mora |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Águila Mora |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Águila Real |
Swedish | svartbröstad vråk |
Turkish | Kara Göğüslü Dağ Şahini |
Ukrainian | Агуя |
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Version: 1.0 — Published February 8, 2013
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Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle is not very vocal (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001b), except near the nest. Calls given in flight (away from nest sites) are described as a "surprisingly high-pitched (weak for size of bird), broken ku-keéu and a faster, more singing kukukukuku" (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001b), and as "squeaky yelps and a reedy series keh-keh-keh-keh-keh" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).
Saggese and Lucca (2001) describe vocalizations from breeding birds. Prior and during copulation, both sexes utter a sharp, repeated, metallic kiak-kiak-kiak. An alarm call, used by both sexes during interspecific agonistic interactions, and also in the presence of humans near the nest, is a repeated, sharp kakakakaka. Contact calls, which primarily are given by the male when members of a pair interact (such as during food exchange, replacement of the parent incubating the eggs, etc.) is uagh, kagh, kuagh. On one occasion an acute, repeated kuik, kuik, kuik was recorded, a vocalization that may be related to cooperative hunting.
Calls of nestlings include an acute fiiiuuuuu, presumed to be a begging call, and that was given when the adults were not present at the nest; and a strong chip-chip, given during hatching or in the presence of humans at the nest.
Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle can be heard at Macaulay Library, at xeno-canto, and at Internet Bird Collection.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.