White-tailed Hawk

Geranoaetus albicaudatus - Buse à queue blanche

Systematics

Order
:
Accipitriformes
Family
:
Accipitridés
Genus
:
Geranoaetus
Species
:
albicaudatus

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1816

Biometrics

Size
: 61 cm
Wingspan
: 118 à 143 cm.
Weight
: 880 à 1235 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Geranoaetus albicaudatus albicaudatus (s South America)
Geranoaetus albicaudatus hypospodius (s Texas. USA. to n Colombia and nw Venezuela)
Geranoaetus albicaudatus colonus (Netherlands Antilles, n South America)

Foreign names

Buse à queue blanche,
Busardo coliblanco,
gavião-de-rabo-branco,
Weißschwanzbussard,
fehérszárnyú ölyv,
Witstaartbuizerd,
Poiana graduata,
vitstjärtad vråk,
Hvithalevåk,
myšiak hrdzavoplecí,
káně pestrá,
Rustskuldret Musvåge,
kaktushiirihaukka,
aligot cuablanc,
aguja białosterna,
garspārnu klijāns,
Белохвостый канюк,
オジロノスリ,
白尾鵟,
vitstjärtad vråk,
白尾鵟,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest