Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Accipitriformes > Accipitridae > Leucopternis > Leucopternis albicollis

Leucopternis albicollis (White Hawk)

Synonyms: Falco albicollis (homotypic); Pseudastur albicollis (homotypic); Pseudastur albicollis albicollis
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The white hawk (Pseudastur albicollis), a bird of prey breeding in the tropical New World, belongs to the family Accipitridae. Though it is commonly placed in the subfamily Buteoninae, the validity of this group is doubtful and currently under review.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucopternis albicollis

Infraspecies

Leucopternis albicollis albicollis
Leucopternis albicollis costaricensis
Leucopternis albicollis ghiesbreghti
Leucopternis albicollis williaminae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.43399
EDGE Score: 1.86159
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.548 lbs (702 g)
Female Weight [3]  1.764 lbs (800 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.389 lbs (630 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  23 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  30 %
Diet - Fish [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Incubation [1]  36 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4]  91
Wing Span [1]  3.51 feet (1.07 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Centrorhynchus tumidulus[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Haverschmidt, F. and GF Mees. 1994. Birds of Suriname. Vaco, Paramaribo, Surinam
♦ 4Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0