White-tailed hawk

Weight

865 g – 984 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

6.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grasslandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

31.2 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

2src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

3 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Generalistsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

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Not recorded

The white-tailed hawk is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusGeranoaetus
7. SpeciesGeranoaetus albicaudatus (Vieillot, 1816)

Synonyms Buteo albicaudatus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Black-chested buzzard-eagle

Geranoaetus melanoleucus

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Variable hawk

Geranoaetus polyosoma

Accipitridae

CompareWhite-tailed hawk vs Black-chested buzzard-eagleWhite-tailed hawk vs Variable hawk

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• Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
  Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
• Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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@misc{white_tailed_hawk_2026,
  title = {White-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-tailed-hawk},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}