Variable Hawk

Geranoaetus polyosoma - Buse tricolore

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Geranoaetus

  • Species
    :

    polyosoma

Descriptor

Quoy Gaimard, 1824

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 56 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 110 à 120 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Buse tricolore
adult
Buse tricolore
♀ adult

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Geranoaetus polyosoma polyosoma (Andes from w Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is.)
  • Geranoaetus polyosoma exsul (Juan Fernandez Is.. Chile.)
  • Geranoaetus polyosoma poecilochrous (Andes from s Colombia to s Ecuador)
  • Geranoaetus polyosoma fjeldsai (Andes from n Peru to nw Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Buse tricolore,
  • Busardo dorsirrojo,
  • gavião-de-costas-vermelhas,
  • Rotrückenbussard,
  • vöröshátú ölyv,
  • Roodrugbuizerd,
  • Poiana dorsorosso,
  • rödryggig vråk,
  • Andesvåk,
  • myšiak menlivý,
  • káně rudohřbetá,
  • Pragtvåge,
  • punaselkähaukka,
  • aligot tricolor,
  • aguja rdzawogrzbieta,
  • Красноспинный канюк,
  • セアカノスリ,
  • 红背鵟,
  • 紅背鵟,

Voice song and cries

Buse tricolore
adult

Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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