Geranoaetus is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains three species.[2] Geranoaetus are huge birds. Their wing span is about 70-80 in and their total length is 25-30 in.[3]
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Genus Geranoaetus – Miller, JF, 1778 – three species
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| White-tailed hawk
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Geranoaetus albicaudatus
(Vieillot, 1816)
- G. a. hypospodius (Gurney Sr, 1876)
- G. a. colonus (Berlepsch, 1892)
- G. a. albicaudatus (Vieillot, 1816)
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Coastal Texas and the Rio Grande Valley to central Argentina, as well as many Caribbean islands
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| Variable hawk
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Geranoaetus polyosoma
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- G. p. polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- G. p. exsul (Salvin, 1875)
- G. p. poecilochrous (Gurney Sr, 1879)
- G. p. fjeldsai (Cabot, J & de Vries, 2009)
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Central and north Andean highlands
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| Black-chested buzzard-eagle
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Geranoaetus melanoleucus
(Vieillot, 1819)
- Geranoaetus melanoleucus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819)
- Geranoaetus melanoleucus australis Swann, 1922
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South America
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