White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Subspecies (3)
C. Craig Farquhar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 15, 2009
Text last updated April 15, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | aligot cuablanc |
| Czech | káně pestrá |
| Dutch | Witstaartbuizerd |
| English | White-tailed Hawk |
| English (United States) | White-tailed Hawk |
| Finnish | kaktushiirihaukka |
| French | Buse à queue blanche |
| French (France) | Buse à queue blanche |
| German | Weißschwanzbussard |
| Japanese | オジロノスリ |
| Norwegian | hvithalevåk |
| Polish | aguja białosterna |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gavião-de-rabo-branco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bútio-de-rabo-branco |
| Russian | Белохвостая агуйя |
| Serbian | Belorepi mišar |
| Slovak | myšiak hrdzavoplecí |
| Spanish | Busardo Coliblanco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Aguilucho Alas Largas |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gavilán Coliblanco |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gavilán Cola Blanca |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Aguililla Cola Blanca |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gavilán Coliblanco |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Aguilucho alas largas |
| Spanish (Peru) | Aguilucho de Cola Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Busardo coliblanco |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Águila Cola Blanca |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gavilán Tejé |
| Swedish | vitstjärtad vråk |
| Turkish | Ak Kuyruklu Şahin |
| Ukrainian | Канюк білохвостий |
Geranoaetus albicaudatus (Vieillot, 1816)
PROTONYM:
Buteo albicaudatus
Vieillot, 1816. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 4, p.477.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. Zool., 15, p. 291.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GERANOAETUS
- albicaudata / albicaudatus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-tailed Hawk
