---
title: "White Hawk"
description: "Pseudastur albicollis — Birds. The white hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) is a bird of prey breeding in the tropical New World of the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-hawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White Hawk

> Pseudastur albicollis — Birds. The white hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) is a bird of prey breeding in the tropical New World of the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudastur albicollis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1897
- Wikidata: [Q968906](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968906)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199830](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199830)

## Names

- en: White Hawk
- de: Schneebussard
- es: Aguililla blanca
- fr: Buse blanche
- nl: Grote bonte buizerd
- pt: Gavião-branco
- pl: Białostrząb duży

## Countries with the most observations

CR (574), MX (198), PA (186), BZ (158), BR (120), GF (97), TT (70), HN (63), EC (42), GT (39), SR (35), PE (33)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hawk

## Photo

![White Hawk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-hawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247572726

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-hawk?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).