Grey-backed Hawk
Pseudastur occidentalis(Salvin, O, 1876)
English (US) Gray-backed Hawk
UK name: Grey-backed Hawk
The Grey-backed Hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis) 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: montane forest of western Ecuador and adjacent northwestern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pseudastur occidentalis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Gray-backed Hawk
- English (UK)
- Grey-backed Hawk
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Leucopternis occidentalis
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1876)
- Type locality
- western Ecuador.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.6, no.24 p.496
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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