White-tailed hawk

The white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) is a large bird of prey species found in tropical and subtropical environments of the Americas.

White-tailed hawk
Adult at Salvador Zoo, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Geranoaetus
Species:
G. albicaudatus
Binomial name
Geranoaetus albicaudatus
(Vieillot, 1816)
Subspecies
  • G. a. hypospodius - (Gurney Sr, 1876)
  • G. a. colonus - (Berlepsch, 1892)
  • G. a. albicaudatus - (Vieillot, 1816)
Synonyms

Buteo albicaudatus

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