bicolor (Vieillot, 1817) - Southern Mexico (Yucatán) to Amazonia and the Guianas, south to eastern Bolivia, and west of Andes south to north-western Peru (Lambayeque).
fidens Bangs & Noble, 1918 - Southern Mexico, north of Yucatán, in Oaxaca and Veracruz.
pileatus (Temminck, 1823) - Brazil south of Amazonia (eastern Mato Grosso to southern Maranhão and Ceará) and south to north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
guttifer Hellmayr, 1917 - Brazil (western Mato Grosso) and Bolivia through Chaco of Paraguay to northern Argentina.
chilensis Philippi and Landbeck, 1864 - Central Chile and west-central Argentina to Tierra del Fuego. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Chilean Hawk (Accipiter chilensis).