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Buteo (hawk)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Buteo de Lacepède
1828Archibuteo Brehm
1930Buteo Hay p. 315
1930Archibuteo Hay p. 316
1932Buteo Howard
1933Buteo Lambrecht p. 415
1935Buteo Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Buteo Wetmore p. 35
1953Buteo Galbreath p. 40
1956Buteo Wetmore p. 41
1962Buteo Wetmore p. 7
1988Buteo Carroll
1989Buteo Alcover p. 98
1990Buteo Bickart p. 40
2001Buteo Olson and Rasmussen p. 297
2002Buteo Mlikovsky p. 192
2017Buteo Clements et al.
2023Buteo Tambussi et al. p. 275

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeode Lacepède 1799

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.

G. Buteo de Lacepède 1799 [hawk]
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Subg. †Buteo (Triorchis) Kaup 1829
†Buteo ales Wetmore 1926
†Buteo antecursor Wetmore 1933
Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub 1860 [Madagascar buzzard]
Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 [common buzzard]
†Buteo conterminus Wetmore 1923
†Buteo contortus Wetmore 1923
†Buteo dananus Marsh 1871
†Buteo dondasi Degrange et al. 2021
†Buteo fluviaticus Miller and Sibley 1942
Buteo fuscescens Viellot 1819
†Buteo grangeri Wetmore and Case 1934
†Buteo hoffstetteri Campbell 1976
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
Buteo jamaicensis borealis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan 1763 [rough-legged hawk]
Buteo lineatus Gmelin 1788 [red-shouldered hawk]
Buteo nitidus Latham 1790 [gray-lined hawk]
Buteo platypterus Vieillot 1823 [broad-winged hawk]
Buteo pusillus Ballmann 1969
†Buteo quadratus Wetmore 1937 [Bahama red-shouldered hawk]
Buteo regalis Gray 1844 [ferruginous hawk]
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Invalid names: Falco ferrugineus Lichtenstein 1836 [replaced]
Buteo rufinus Cretzschmar 1826 [long-legged buzzard]
†Buteo sanfelipensis Suárez 2020 [Gavilán de San Felipe]
Buteo solitarius Peale 1848 [Hawaiian hawk]
Buteo spassovi Boev 1998
Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte 1838 [Swainson's hawk]
†Buteo typhoius Wetmore 1923
Invalid names: Archibuteo Brehm 1828 [synonym]
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 Orellan to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.3 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Buteo fluviaticus (13296)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Buteo grangeri (76168)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Buteo typhoius (17845)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Buteo sp. (18597)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Buteo conterminus (18033)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Buteo sp. (18601)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Buteo sp. (125326)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Buteo sp. (19673)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Buteo sp. (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo linneatus, Buteo jamaicensis (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Buteo buteo (77749) Buteo sp. (124959)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Buteo sp. (176394)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis (176098)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Buteo lineatus, Buteo platypterus (152870)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Buteo sp. (152653)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (20308) Buteo sp. (20385 20400 20415) Buteo sp., Buteo lineatus (20350)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Buteo sp. (202096)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Buteo buteo (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Buteo lineatus (195049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Buteo buteo, Buteo rufinus (69062)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Buteo buteo (191730)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus (20491) Buteo sp. (20398)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo regalis (152008 161536) Buteo swainsoni, Buteo lagopus, Buteo regalis, Buteo borealis (192630)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (154773) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Buteo buteo (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Buteo buteo (192971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Buteo rufinus (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo regalis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Archibuteo ferrugineus (155409) Buteo jamaicensis (120827 120829 125234 125236 125237 176102) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus (123918) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus (218989) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo lagopus, Buteo regalis (190077) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo regalis (44954) Buteo swainsoni (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus, Buteo swainsoni (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Buteo buteo (197787) Buteo rufinus (194932 194934)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Buteo lagopus (197946)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo borealis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Buteo jamaicensis (74496)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Buteo sp. (74953 74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Calohierax quadratus (194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Buteo sp. (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Buteo lagopus (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Buteo hoffstetteri (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo nitidus (71670) Buteo swainsoni (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis (20571 20636) Buteo platypterus (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Buteo buteo (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Buteo jamaicensis (194451)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Buteo buteo (92902 192949 192951 192954 192957 192962)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Buteo buteo (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus, Buteo platypterus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Buteo jamaicensis (104697) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus, Buteo platypterus (82258) Buteo platypterus (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) Buteo sp. (71280)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Buteo sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Buteo lineatus (144649) Calohierax quadratus (194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Buteo buteo (194298)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Barbados Buteo jamaicensis (155059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Buteo brachypterus (95824 195018)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation Buteo lagopus (194812)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Buteo lagopus (220460)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) Buteo sp. (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Buteo brachypterus (195020 236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Buteo buteo (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Buteo jamaicensis (194880) Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo regalis (194909) Buteo sp. (194905 194906 194908 194910 194911 194912) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis (194926 194927) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus (194925) Buteo sp., Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus, Buteo regalis (194914) Buteo sp., Buteo lineatus (194907) Buteo sp., Buteo regalis (194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Martinique Buteo platypterus (194486)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Buteo solitarius (110073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo platypterus (194583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Buteo lineatus (195062)