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Buteo jamaicensis (red-tailed hawk)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Falco jamaicensis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Buteo jamaicensis by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1962), Guthrie (1992), Broughton (2004), Olson (2008) and Clements et al. (2017).

Subspecies
B. borealis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Falco jamaicensis Gmelin
1931Buteo jamaicensis Wetmore p. 29
1940Buteo jamaicensis Wetmore p. 35
1942Buteo jamaicensis Miller and DeMay p. 97
1962Buteo jamaicensis Wetmore p. 7
1992Buteo jamaicensis Guthrie p. 322
2004Buteo jamaicensis Broughton p. 23
2008Buteo jamaicensis Olson p. 137
2017Buteo jamaicensis Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeode Lacepède 1799
speciesjamaicensis(Gmelin 1788)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
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Buteo jamaicensis borealis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Buteo jamaicensis (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis (176098)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (227368)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (20491)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Buteo jamaicensis (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (74292 154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Buteo jamaicensis (74496)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Buteo jamaicensis (194451)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Buteo jamaicensis (82258 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (20571 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo borealis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Buteo jamaicensis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis (44954 120827 120829 123918 125234 125236 125237 176102 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Barbados Buteo jamaicensis (155059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Buteo jamaicensis (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis (194880 194909 194914 194925 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Buteo jamaicensis (194583)