Pseudastur

Pseudastur
White hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Pseudastur
Gray, 1849

Pseudastur is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains the following species:

Genus Pseudastur – Gray, 1849 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Mantled hawk

Pseudastur polionotus
(Kaup, 1847) 		Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
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Diet: 		 NT 


White hawk

Pseudastur albicollis
(Latham, 1790)

Four subspecies
  • P. a. ghiesbreghti - (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1845)
  • P. a. costaricensis - (Sclater, WL, 1919)
  • P. a. williaminae - (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950)
  • P. a. albicollis - (Latham, 1790)
southern Mexico through Central and South America to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil
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Diet: 		 LC 


Grey-backed hawk

Pseudastur occidentalis
(Salvin, 1876) 		Ecuador and far northern Peru
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Diet: 		 EN