Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Synonym: Archibuteo Brehm 1828
Parent taxon: Accipitridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Alcover 1989, Bickart 1990, Carroll 1988, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Schultz and Howard 1935, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1962
Sister taxa: Accipiter, Aegypiinae, Amplibuteo, Apatosagittarius, Aquifavus, Aquila, Aquila depredator, Aquila fossilis, Aquila prisca, Aquilavus, Aquilinae, Archaehieraxinae, Aviceda, Aviraptor, Butastur, Buteogallus, Buteoninae, Calohierax, Circaetus, Circus, Clanga, Cryptogyps, Dynatoaetus, Elanoides, Elanus, Garganoaetus, Geranoaetus, Gypaetinae, Gypaetus, Gypohierax, Gyps, Haliaeetus, Haliastur, Harpagornis, Harpia, Hieraaetus, Ictinaetus, Ictinia, Macheiramphus, Melierax, Milvoides, Milvus, Milvus brachypterus, Milvus deperditus, Miohierax, Necrastur, Necrosyrtes, Neophron, Palaeastur, Palaeocircus, Palaeohierax, Palaeoplancinae, Palaetus, Parabuteo, Parvigyps, Pelargopappus, Pernis, Polemaetus, Rupornis, Spizaetus, Stephanoaetus, Titanohierax, Trigonoceps, Uroaetus, Uroaetus brachialis, Vinchinavis, Vulturidarum
Subtaxa: Buteo (Triorchis) Buteo ales Buteo antecursor Buteo brachypterus Buteo buteo Buteo conterminus Buteo contortus Buteo dananus Buteo dondasi Buteo fluviaticus Buteo fuscescens Buteo grangeri Buteo hoffstetteri Buteo jamaicensis Buteo lagopus Buteo lineatus Buteo nitidus Buteo platypterus Buteo pusillus Buteo quadratus Buteo regalis Buteo rufinus Buteo solitarius Buteo spassovi Buteo swainsoni Buteo typhoius
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), the Bahamas (3), Barbados (1), Bermuda (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (1), Ecuador (1), France (2), Greece (6), Italy (5), Japan (2), Jordan (1), Madagascar (5), Martinique (1), Monaco (1), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (60: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Spain (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)
• Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado, South Dakota)
Total: 112 collections including 154 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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