White hawk

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

White hawk
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Pseudastur
Species:
P. albicollis
Binomial name
Pseudastur albicollis
(Latham, 1790)
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)
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.

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