Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicVertebrates

ForestPlatform nestLarge · 704 g

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Nathan Ruser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Thomaz de Carvalho Callado, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 5 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Júlio Castellain, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The adult of this medium-sized hawk has a bulky appearance with broad "shoulders" relative to total length. The body length measures 470-510mm, with females being slightly larger than males. The head, neck, upper back and entire undersurface except for the black wing tips and basal half of the tail are white. The white round head appears disproportionately large relative to the rest of the body and sometimes projects further than the tail. There are also markings around eyes, giving a masked appearance. The ceres and lores are grey or dull yellow.

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When to see the Mantled Hawk

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mantled Hawk

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Mantled Hawk

The mantled hawk is a South American species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

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Easily confused with

Grey-backed HawkPseudastur occidentalisThe grey-backed hawk is 45 to 52 cm (18 to 20 in) long with a 104 to 116 cm (41 to 46 in) wingspan.

White HawkPseudastur albicollisThe adult white hawk ranges from 46–56 cm (18–22 in) long with very broad wings and has a white head, body and underwings.

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