Geranoaetus

Geranoaetus
Black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Geranoaetus
Kaup, 1844
Type species
Falco aguia[1]
Temminck,1824

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)

Three subspecies
  • 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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Diet: 		 LC 


Variable hawk

Geranoaetus polyosoma
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Four subspecies
  • 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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Black-chested buzzard-eagle

Geranoaetus melanoleucus
(Vieillot, 1819)

Two subspecies
  • Geranoaetus melanoleucus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819)
  • Geranoaetus melanoleucus australis Swann, 1922
South America
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  1. ^ "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles". beautyofbirds.com. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2023-03-17.