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Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Geranoaetus

Variable Hawk

Geranoaetus polyosoma

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rebhaw2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Geranoaetus

Subspecies (4)

Geranoaetus polyosoma exsul

Juan Fernández Islands (off Chile)
Geranoaetus polyosoma fjeldsai

high Andes from northern Peru to northwestern Argentina
Geranoaetus polyosoma poecilochrous

high Andes from southern Colombia to southern Ecuador
Geranoaetus polyosoma polyosoma

low and middle elevations, Colombia to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (rebhaw2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.