Geranoaetus

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{italic title}}{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Geranoaetus

| image = Geranoaetus melanoleucus.JPG

| image_caption = Black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)

| taxon = Geranoaetus

| authority = Kaup, 1844

| type_species = Geranoaetus melanoleucus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=36 |title= Accipitridae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-26}}

| type_species_authority = Temminck,1824

}}

Geranoaetus is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains three species.{{cite journal | last=DO AMARAL | first=FÁBIO RAPOSO | last2=SHELDON | first2=FREDERICK H. | last3=GAMAUF | first3=ANITA | last4=HARING | first4=ELISABETH | last5=RIESING | first5=MARTIN J. | last6=SILVEIRA | first6=LUÍS F. | last7=WAJNTAL | first7=ANITA | title=Priority of Geranoaetus Kaup, 1844 over Tachytriorchis Kaup, 1844 (Aves: Accipitridae) based on the first reviser principle | journal=Zootaxa | publisher=Magnolia Press | volume=2534 | issue=1 | date=2010-07-13 | issn=1175-5334 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.5 | page=67}} Geranoaetus are huge birds. Their wing span is about 70-80 in and their total length is 25-30 in.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles |url=https://beautyofbirds.com/black-chested-buzzard-eagles/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=beautyofbirds.com |language=en-US}}

{{Species table |genus= Geranoaetus |authority-name=Miller, JF|authority-year= 1778 |species-count=three|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row

|name=White-tailed hawk|binomial=Geranoaetus albicaudatus

|image=File:Buteo albicaudatus.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Vieillot|authority-year= 1816|authority-not-original=yes

|range= Coastal Texas and the Rio Grande Valley to central Argentina, as well as many Caribbean islands

|range-image=File:Geranoaetus albicaudatus.svg

|range-image-size=180px

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|iucn-status= LC

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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on

| G. a. hypospodius {{au|(Gurney Sr, 1876)}}

| G. a. colonus {{au|(Berlepsch, 1892)}}

| G. a. albicaudatus {{au|(Vieillot, 1816)}}

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|name=Variable hawk|binomial=Geranoaetus polyosoma

|image=File:Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) 1.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Quoy & Gaimard|authority-year= 1824|authority-not-original=yes

|range= Central and north Andean highlands

|range-image=File:Geranoaetus polyosoma map.svg

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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Four subspecies |bullets=on

| G. p. polyosoma {{au|(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)}}

| G. p. exsul {{au|(Salvin, 1875)}}

| G. p. poecilochrous {{au|(Gurney Sr, 1879)}}

| G. p. fjeldsai {{au|(Cabot, J & de Vries, 2009)}}

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|name=Black-chested buzzard-eagle|binomial=Geranoaetus melanoleucus

|image=File:Black-chested buzzard-eagle.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Vieillot|authority-year= 1819|authority-not-original=yes

|range= South America

|range-image=File:Geranoaetus melanoleucus range map.PNG

|range-image-size=180px

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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on

| Geranoaetus melanoleucus melanoleucus {{au|(Vieillot, 1819)}}

|Geranoaetus melanoleucus australis {{au|Swann, 1922}}

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