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Illustration of a Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) egg, 62.3 × 47.75 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Spizaetus melanoleucus

  • 62.3 × 47.75 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in Mexico, Central America (6 countries) and South America (11 countries)
show all 18Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Cream-white spotted with dark brown, light brown and grey-lilac; heavily to sparingly marked.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 2 eggs: Wetmore, A. 1965. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 1 (Tinamidae to Rynchopidae). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(1)., p. 245.
Description
Wetmore, A. 1965. The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 1. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150(1).
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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