Pseudastur
White hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Pseudastur
Gray, 1849

Pseudastur is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Pseudastur polionotusMantled hawkArgentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Pseudastur albicollisWhite hawksouthern Mexico through Central and South America to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil
Pseudastur occidentalisGrey-backed hawkEcuador and far northern Peru

Systematics

The name Pseudastur was coined by Edward Blyth, but was first published in George Robert Gray's Index.[1][2][3][4] The type species is the white hawk, Falco albicollis Latham, 1790.

The species were placed for some time in the genus Leucopternis, however this genus was found to be polyphyletic. In 2012 the American Ornithologists' Union split Leucopternis, placing the white hawk and its relatives under the old name Pseudastur.[5]

References

  1. Chesser, R. Terry; Burns, Kevin J.; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Lovette, Irby J.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, J. V.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Winger, Benjamin M.; Winker, Kevin (July 2018). "Fifty-ninth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". The Auk. 135 (3): 798–813. doi:10.1642/AUK-18-62.1.
  2. Dickinson, E.C. (2004). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 47. Blyth's 'Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum Asiatic Society' and his 1849 Supplemental Note, with historical comments ". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 350: 167–181.
  3. Mathews, G.M.; Iredale, T. (1921). "Notes of interest". Austral Avian Record. 4: 139–164. (as cited by Dickinson and by Chesser)
  4. Gray, G. R. (1849). "Index". The Genera of Birds. Vol. III. p. 55. (page)
  5. Chesser, R. Terry; et al. (2012). "Fifty-third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds" (PDF). The Auk. 129 (3): 573–588. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.129.3.573. S2CID 198159113.


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