Species Detail: Buteo albicaudatus
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Buteo albicaudatus
 
Authority: (Vieillot, 1816)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Bartaleva Curaçao Papiamento
Falki; Bartalew; Gabilan Dutch Caribbean Papiamento
Gabilan di Ceru Bonaire Papiamento
White-tailed Hawk Global English
Witstaartbuizerd Dutch Caribbean Dutch
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Craniata Aves
(Birds)		 Falconiformes
(Raptors)		 Accipitridae Buteo
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Large robust hawk , length 50 cm; wingspan 120 cm.Broard wing somewhat 'fingered' at tip and broad, rounded tail. Coloration of plumage differ with age. Adult white below, including white underside of wing. Tail white , faintly barred with dark lines. Upperpart light grey with refousband running from whole length of leading edge of wing to scalpulars. Yellow feet. Male smaller than female. Subadult fuscous -brown all over, with golden-yellow petch on centre of breast. Hills covered with cactus and open thorn scrub Reproduction Comments:Lays clutch of 1-4 (usually 2) eggs, principally March-April in Texas; nest with downy young in February in Costa Rica). Nests in dry season in Venezuela (replacement clutches may extend into rainy season). Incubation averages 31 days (Texas). Age at first flight: 47 days at 1 nest, average of 54 days in 1 season, 57 days in another season (Texas); fledges May-June in Texas. Fledglings fed by parents for up to 7 months after leaving nest in Texas (Farquhar 1988). First breeds probably usually at 2 years, perhaps sometimes at 1 year. Scant evidence that 2 broods sometimes may be raised (Texas). Ecology Comments:See Farquhar (1988) for information on space utilization in Texas.

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

Habitat subtype Description Comments
TERRESTRIAL - carbonate terrace limestone plateaus
TERRESTRIAL - hills hills covered with cactus and open thorn scrub

Distribution Status No Distributions listed.

Location Occurrence Status Description
Aruba Native Breeding bird
Bonaire Native Breeding bird
Curaçao Native Breeding bird

Population
Location Quality Quantity Description Date Comments
Aruba Local and rather scarce Breeding bird
Bonaire Local and rather scarce Breeding bird
Curaçao Most numerous 5-10 breeding pairs Breeding bird

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

Resources
Images
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Distribution Maps No Distribution Maps listed.

Documents No Documents listed.

Web Links No Web Links listed.

References
Citation Author Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983 Voous, Karel Hendrik Published document

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