Other Scientific Names
Leucopternis polionota [BirdLife International (2004)], Leucopternis polionota [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Leucopternis polionota [Collar et al. (1994)], Leucopternis polionota [BirdLife International (2000)], Leucopternis polionota [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Leucopternis polionota [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Eastern Brazil (Alagoas and Bahia) south to eastern Uruguay and eastern Paraguay (Alto Paraná). Purported Argentinian distribution (in Misiones) apparently based on supposition, with no confirmed records or data.
 
Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus) [XC545853]
by Dante Buzzetti from Parque Estadual Lago Azul, Campo Mour\u00e3o, Paran\u00e1, Brazil (flight call)
Mantled Hawk (Pseudastur polionotus) [XC749045]
by Adrian Eisen Rupp from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil (?)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) and Grey-backed Hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis). Has been considered a subspecies of White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis).