Variable Hawk
Geranoaetus polyosoma - Buse tricolore
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Geranoaetus
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Species:
polyosoma
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 56 cm
- Wingspan: 110 à 120 cm.
- Weight:
Geographic range
Identification
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,
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
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
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- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
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- Struthioniformes
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