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title: "White-tailed Hawk"
description: "Geranoaetus albicaudatus — Birds. The white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) is a large bird of prey species found in tropical and subtropical environments of the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-tailed-hawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-tailed Hawk

> Geranoaetus albicaudatus — Birds. The white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) is a large bird of prey species found in tropical and subtropical environments of the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Geranoaetus albicaudatus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 8664
- Wikidata: [Q997713](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q997713)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201043](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201043)

## Names

- en: White-tailed Hawk
- de: Weißschwanzbussard
- es: Aguililla cola blanca
- fr: Buse à queue blanche
- nl: Witstaartbuizerd
- pt: Gavião-de-rabo-branco
- pl: Aguja białosterna

## Countries with the most observations

US (2916), MX (2329), BR (1633), AR (549), CO (375), UY (93), HN (67), BO (63), GY (39), VE (37), BZ (35), CW (31)

## Summary

The white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) is a large bird of prey species found in tropical and subtropical environments of the Americas.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19417928

## Machine access

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