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White-throated hawk

Buteo albigula Philippi, 1899

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The white-throated hawk (Buteo albigula) is a species in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. Recorded adults weigh 432.5 g to 583 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-throated hawk (Buteo albigula)
Photo: Cyborgsoto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-throated hawk

Weight
432.5 g – 583 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
84 cm – 1.02 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
23.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the white-throated hawk?

WHITE-THROATED HAWK · WINGSPAN 1.02 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.02 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the white-throated hawk is about 60% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the white-throated hawk live?

Not recorded

What is the white-throated hawk?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-throated hawk (Buteo albigula) is a bird of prey in subfamily Buteoninae, the "soaring" hawks, of family Accipitridae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “White-throated hawk” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-throated_hawk&oldid=1380591927), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the white-throated hawk endangered?

The white-throated 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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-throated hawk classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAccipitriformes
  5. familyAccipitridae
  6. genusButeo
  7. SpeciesButeo albigula Philippi, 1899

Synonyms Buteo brachyurus albigula

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • صقر أبيض الحنجرةArabic
  • aligot golablancCatalan
  • káně andskáCzech
  • bwncath gyddfwynWelsh
  • Hvidstrubet VågeDanish
  • WeißkehlbussardGerman
  • blankagorĝa buteoEsperanto
  • Busardo gorgiblancoSpanish
  • Aguilucho andinoSpanish
  • Aguilucho chicoSpanish
  • Busardo gorjiblancoSpanish
  • andi viuEstonian
  • andienhiirihaukkaFinnish
  • Buse à gorge blancheFrench
  • bjelogrli škanjacCroatian
  • fehértorkú ölyvHungarian
  • Poiana golabiancaItalian
  • アンデスミジカオノスリJapanese
  • baltagurklis suopisLithuanian
  • WitkeelbuizerdDutch
  • hvitstrupevåkNorwegian
  • myszołów białogardłyPolish
  • gavião-de-papo-brancoPortuguese
  • bútio-de-garganta-brancaPortuguese
  • Белогорлый канюкRussian
  • myšiak bielohrdlýSlovak
  • Belogrli mišarSerbian
  • vitstrupig vråkSwedish
  • Ak Gerdanlı ŞahinTurkish
  • канюк білогрудийUkrainian
  • 白喉鵟Chinese

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Relatives of the white-throated hawk

Other species in the same genus Buteo.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-throated hawk?

An adult white-throated hawk weighs 432.5 g – 583 g and has a wingspan of 84 cm – 1.02 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-throated hawk endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the white-throated hawk?

The white-throated hawk (Buteo albigula) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{white_throated_hawk_2026,
  title = {White-throated hawk (Buteo albigula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-throated-hawk},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}