Mantled Hawk
Pseudastur polionotus(Kaup, JJ, 1847)
English (US) Mantled Hawk
The Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus) 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: tropical forest of eastern Brazil to eastern Uruguay and eastern ParaguayRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pseudastur polionotus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Mantled Hawk
- Described by
- (Kaup, JJ, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buteo polionotus
- Described by
- (Kaup, JJ, 1847)
- Type locality
- 'South America.' Type from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Original description
- Isis von Oken 40 col.212
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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