Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2

Puna Hawk (Buteo poecilochrous)

French: Buse du puna German: Punabussard Spanish: Busardo Puneño
Other common names: Gurney's Buzzard, Variable Hawk

Taxonomy: Buteo poecilochrous Gurney, 1879, Yanayacu, Ecuador.
Forms superspecies with B. polyosoma, of which sometimes considered a race; taxonomy of these species uncertain. May also be related to B. galapagoensis and B. albicaudatus, and all four sometimes included in superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes from S Colombia (C Andes and Cauca) S to N Chile and NW Argentina.