Genus of birds
Geranoaetus is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae . It contains these species:[ 2] Geranoaetus are large birds. Their wing span is about 70-80 in and their total length is 25-30 in.[ 3]
Genus Aptenodytes – Miller, JF , 1778 – three species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
White-tailed hawk
Geranoaetus albicaudatus (Vieillot , 1816)
G. a. hypospodius (Gurney Sr, 1876)
G. a. colonus (Berlepsch, 1892)
G. a. albicaudatus (Vieillot, 1816)
Coastal Texas and the Rio Grande Valley to central Argentina, as well as many Caribbean islands
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LC
Variable hawk
Geranoaetus polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
G. p. polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
G. p. exsul (Salvin, 1875)
G. p. poecilochrous (Gurney Sr, 1879)
G. p. fjeldsai (Cabot, J & de Vries, 2009)
Central and north Andean highlands
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LC
Black-chested buzzard-eagle
Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819)
Geranoaetus melanoleucus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819)
Geranoaetus melanoleucus australis Swann, 1922
South America
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References
^ "Accipitridae" . aviansystematics.org . The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26 .
^ DO AMARAL, FÁBIO RAPOSO; SHELDON, FREDERICK H.; GAMAUF, ANITA; HARING, ELISABETH; RIESING, MARTIN J.; SILVEIRA, LUÍS F.; WAJNTAL, ANITA (2010-07-13). "Priority of Geranoaetus Kaup, 1844 over Tachytriorchis Kaup, 1844 (Aves: Accipitridae) based on the first reviser principle". Zootaxa . 2534 (1). Magnolia Press: 67. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.5 . ISSN 1175-5334 .
^ "Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles" . beautyofbirds.com . 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2023-03-17 .
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