Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Puna Hawk (Buteo poecilochrous) - HBW 2, p. 183
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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird with prey at the roadside Locality Papallacta Pass, Napo Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 25 February 2011 26 weeks ago 16 sec 3.8 -
A pale morph bird being mobbed by a group of Andean Gulls Locality Lauca National Park, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2003 7 years ago 25 sec 3.4 -
A bird feeding Locality Santa Cruz Zoo, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 September 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 2.6 -
side view perched on crag, flies Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 August 2006 24 weeks ago 17 sec 2.3
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Immature bird soaring.
Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador
Paul R Martin 11 December 2006 3 years ago 4 -
in flight
Locality Puno Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 21 December 2009 32 weeks ago 3.9 -
Immature bird soaring.
Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador
Paul R Martin 11 December 2006 3 years ago 3 -
Perching
Locality Cachi, Salta Province, Argentina
oleicfrisbee 35 weeks ago 2.7
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