Leptodon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Accipitriformes

Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Perninae
Genus: Leptodon
Species: L. cayanensis - L. forbesi
Name

Leptodon Sundevall, 1836
References

Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Händlingar, Stockholm (1835) 114.

Leptodon is a genus of birds of prey. Its two members are similar, with a grey head, black upperparts and white underparts.
Species

Extant species include:[2]

Genus Leptodon – Sundevall, 1836 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Grey-headed kite	Leptodon cayanensis (Latham, 1790) Two subspecies L. c. cayanensis - (Latham, 1790) L. c. monachus - (Vieillot, 1817)	eastern Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and northern Argentina.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

White-collared kite	Leptodon forbesi (Swann, 1922)	northeastern Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN

Grey-headed kite is a widespread species, breeding from eastern Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina. However, white-collared kite is restricted to northeastern Brazil, and is classified as Critically Enda

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"Leptodon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 April 2011.

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