White hawk

This article is about the bird. For other uses, see Whitehawk (disambiguation).

White hawk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Pseudastur
Species:
P. albicollis
Binomial name
Pseudastur albicollis
(Latham, 1790)
Subspecies[2]
  • 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)
Synonyms

Leucopternis albicollis

The white hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) is a bird of prey breeding in the tropical New World of the family Accipitridae. Though it is commonly placed in the subfamily Buteoninae, the validity of this group is doubtful and currently under review.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Pseudastur albicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22695786A168802065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22695786A168802065.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.