Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis) - HBW 2, p. 162

French: Épervier du Chili German: Chilesperber Spanish: Gavilán Chileno

Taxonomy: Accipiter chilensis Philippi and Landbeck, 1864, Chile.
Forms superspecies with A. bicolor, A. cooperii and A. gundlachi. Often considered (mega)subspecies of A. bicolor, but isolated range with no geographical variation, and use of temperate forests, unlike A. bicolor, suggest treatment as full species is merited. Sometimes held to include A. bicolor guttifer. Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes of C Chile (O'Higgins) and adjacent Argentina S to Tierra del Fuego and Staten I. Winters N to NW Argentina (Catamarca).