Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

White-breasted Hawk (Accipiter chionogaster) - HBW 2, p. 159

French: Épervier à poitrine blanche German: Weißbrustsperber Spanish: Gavilán Ventriblanco

Taxonomy: Nisus (Accipiter) chionogaster Kaup, 1852, Cobán, Guatemala.
Often considered race of A. striatus, or alternatively of A. erythronemius, forming superspecies with these two and A. ventralis; group split on grounds of differences in morphology, ecology and probably also behaviour. Monotypic.

Distribution: Highlands of Central America, from S Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca) through Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to NC Nicaragua.