Buteo
Buteo (Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the Common Buzzard) is a genus of medium-sized wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings.
In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in North America. As both terms are ambiguous, buteo is sometimes used instead, for example, by the Peregrine Fund.
Species in taxonomic order
- Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo
- Cape Verde Buzzard, Buteo buteo bannermani
- Madeira Buzzard, Buteo buteo harterti
- Socotra Buzzard, Buteo buteo socotrae
- Steppe Buzzard, Buteo buteo vulpinus
- Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
- Long-legged Buzzard, Buteo rufinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus
- Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
- Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
- Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
- Roadside Hawk, Buteo magnirostris
- Ridgway's Hawk, Buteo ridgwayi
- White-rumped Hawk, Buteo leucorrhous
- Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
- White-throated Hawk, Buteo albigula
- White-tailed Hawk, Buteo albicaudatus
- Galápagos Hawk, Buteo galapagoensis
- Variable Hawk, Buteo polyosoma
- Red-backed Hawk, Buteo (p.) polyosoma
- Juan Fernández Hawk, Buteo (polyosoma) exsul
- Puna Hawk, Buteo (polyosoma) poecilochrous
- Grey Hawk, Buteo nitidus - formerly in Asturina
- Grey-lined Hawk, Buteo n. nitidus
- Grey Hawk, Buteo nitidus plagiatus
- Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus
- Hawaiian Hawk, Buteo solitarius
- Rufous-tailed Hawk, Buteo ventralis
- Mountain Buzzard, Buteo oreophilus
- Forest Buzzard, Buteo oreophilus trizonatus
- Madagascar Buzzard, Buteo brachypterus
- Upland Buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
- Red-necked Buzzard, Buteo auguralis
- Jackal Buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus
- Archer's Buzzard, Buteo (rufofuscus) archeri
- Augur Buzzard, Buteo (rufofuscus) augur
A number of fossil species have been discovered, mainly in North America. Some are placed here primarily based on considerations of biogeography, Buteo being somewhat hard to distinguish from Geranoaetus based on osteology alone:
- Buteo fluviaticus (Brule Middle Oligocene of Wealt County, USA) - possibly same as B. grangeri
- Buteo grangeri (Brule Middle Oligocene of Washabaugh County, USA)
- Buteo antecursor (Brule Late Oligocene)
- ?Buteo sp. (Brule Late Oligocene of Washington County, USA)
- Buteo ales (Agate Fossil Beds Early Miocene of Sioux
County, USA) - formerly in Geranospiza or Geranoaetus - Buteo typhoius (Olcott Early ?- Snake Creek Late Miocene of Sioux County, USA)
- Buteo pusillus (Middle Miocene of Grive-Saint-Alban, France)
- Buteo sp. (Middle Miocene of Grive-Saint-Alban, France - Early Pleistocene of Bacton, England)
- Buteo contortus (Snake Creek Late Miocene of Sioux County, USA) - formerly in Geranoaetus
- Buteo spassovi (Late Miocene of Chadžidimovo, Bulgaria)
- Buteo musculosus (Miocene of Argentina) - formerly in Thegornis
- Buteo conterminus (Snake Creek Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Sioux County, USA) - formerly in Geranoaetus
- Buteo sp. (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA)
- Buteo sanya (Late Pleistocene of Luobidang Cave, China)
An unidentifiable accipitrid that occurred on Ibiza in the Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene may also have been a Buteo. If this is so, the bird can be expected to aid in untangling the complicated evolutionary history of the Common Buzzard group.
The prehistoric species "Aquila" danana, Buteogallus fragilis (Fragile Eagle), and Spizaetus grinnelli were at one time also placed in Buteo.
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