Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus) - HBW 2, p. 181

French: Buse à queue blanche German: Weißschwanzbussard Spanish: Busardo Coliblanco

Taxonomy: Buteo albicaudatus Vieillot, 1816, South America = Rio de Janeiro.
Closely allied to B. galapagoensis, with which forms superspecies, possibly also including B. polyosoma, which present species may replace at lower altitudes, and B. poecilochrous. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • hypospodius Gurney, 1876 - SC USA (S Texas) and NW Mexico (Sonora) to N Colombia and NW Venezuela.
  • colonus Berlepsch, 1892 - E Colombia E to Surinam (except NW Venezuela), and S to Amazon, E from at least Manaus to Atlantic coast; Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire and Trinidad.
  • albicaudatus Vieillot, 1816 - extreme SE Peru and S Brazil (S from Mato Grosso, Goiás and Bahia) through N & E Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay to N & C Argentina (S to Río Negro).