Birds of the World

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles)  
Genus: Pseudastur (3 species)


White Hawk
White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis costaricensis)
Range: MA, SA: s Mexico through Amazonia
Darien, Panama
  The Central American race has less black in the wings. In Mexico there is almost no black (the bird is all white).
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

White Hawk
White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis albicollis)
Range: MA, SA: s Mexico through Amazonia
Manaus, Brazil
  The dark-winged Amazon race.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Widespread. Different races have different amount of black on the wings.

Grey-backed Hawk
Grey-backed Hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis) Endangered
Range: SA: w Ecuador and nw Peru
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info

Grey-backed Hawk
Grey-backed Hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis) Endangered
Range: SA: w Ecuador and nw Peru
Jorupe Reserve, Loja, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.


Mantled Hawk
Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus) Near Threatened
Range: SA: e Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay
Urubici, Santa Catarina, Brazil
  Note white tail and white tips to secondary wing feathers.
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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