Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

White-throated Hawk (Buteo albigula) - HBW 2, p. 180

French: Buse à gorge blanche German: Weißkehlbussard Spanish: Busardo Gorgiblanco

Taxonomy: Buteo albigula Philippi, 1899, Valdivia, Chile.
Higher altitude representative of B. brachyurus, with which forms superspecies, and in which present species is sometimes included, but no hybridization reported, despite possible range overlap. Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes, from Venezuela and Colombia S to C Chile and WC Argentina.