BirdGuides.io

Grey-bellied Hawk

Accipiter poliogaster(Temminck, CJ, 1824)

English (US) Gray-bellied Hawk

UK name: Grey-bellied Hawk

The Grey-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.

Range: locally in humid forest of South America east of the AndesRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Accipiter poliogaster
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Gray-bellied Hawk
English (UK)
Grey-bellied Hawk
Described by
(Temminck, CJ, 1824)

No guides listed yet for Grey-bellied Hawk

Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.

Add Your Expertise

Taxonomic history

First described as
Falco poliogaster
Described by
(Temminck, CJ, 1824)
Type locality
Brazil. Type from Ypanema, Sao Paulo.
Original description
Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.45, vol.1 pl.264

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 250 species of the family Accipitridae