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Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Accipitridae

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

It was recombined as Buteo lineatus by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1962), Broughton (2004), Kilmer and Steadman (2016) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Falco lineatus Gmelin
1931Buteo lineatus Wetmore p. 29
1940Buteo lineatus Wetmore p. 35
1942Buteo lineatus Miller and DeMay p. 97
1962Buteo lineatus Wetmore p. 7
2004Buteo lineatus Broughton p. 23
2016Buteo lineatus Kilmer and Steadman p. 23 fig. 17H,J
2017Buteo lineatus 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
specieslineatus(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 lineatus Gmelin 1788 [red-shouldered 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: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Buteo lineatus (152870)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (20308 20350)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (195049)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Buteo lineatus (218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Buteo lineatus (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Buteo lineatus (144649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Buteo lineatus (195062)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Buteo lineatus (194907 194914 194925)