Biology:Geranoaetus

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Geranoaetus is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains three species.[1] Geranoaetus are huge birds. Their wing span is about 70-80 in and their total length is 25-30 in.[2]

Genus Geranoaetus – 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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Diet: 		 LC 


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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References

  1. ↑ 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 (Magnolia Press) 2534 (1): 67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. 
  2. ↑ "Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles" (in en-US). 2021-09-16. https://beautyofbirds.com/black-chested-buzzard-eagles/. 
  • Data related to Geranoaetus at Wikispecies

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