Buteo

Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus, photographed by Ahmet Karatash.

Belongs within: Accipitridae.

Buteo is a cosmopolitan genus of broad-winged hawks that mostly feed on small mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

<==Buteo Lacépède 1799 M02 [incl. Archibuteo Brehm 1831 B94, Craxirex Gould 1839 B94; Archibuteoninae, Craxireginae]
    |--B. brachypterus [incl. B. tachardus] S66
    |--B. buteo (Linnaeus 1758) [=Falco buteo] M02
    |    |--B. b. buteo I92
    |    |--B. b. japonicus I92
    |    |--B. b. oshiroi Kuroda 1971 I92
    |    `--B. b. toyoshimai Momiyama 1927 I92
    |--B. galapagoensis WH02
    |--B. hemilasius WBSJ82
    |--B. jamaicensis MMJ03
    |--B. lagopus WBSJ82
    |--B. lineatus FP64
    |--B. magnirostris ZJM03
    |--B. nitidus FS55
    |    |--B. n. nitidus FS55
    |    `--B. n. plagiatus FS55
    |--B. platypterus SWK87
    |    |--B. p. platypterus SWK87
    |    `--B. p. brunnescens SWK87
    |--B. polyosoma HRS06
    |    |--B. p. polyosoma HRS06
    |    `--B. p. exsul (Salvin 1875) HRS06
    |--B. pusillus Ballmann 1969 M02
    |--B. regalis FP64
    |--B. ridgwayi SWK87
    |--B. rufinus (Cretzschmar 1827) [=Falco rufinus; incl. B. rufinus jansoni Mourer-Chauviré 1975] M02
    |--B. rufofuscus S05
    |    |--B. r. rufofuscus S05
    |    `--B. r. augur (Rüppell 1836) [=Falco (Buteo) augur; incl. F. (B.) hydrophilus Rüppell 1836] S05
    |--B. solitarius FP64
    |--B. spassovi Boev in Boev & Kovaček 1998 M02
    `--B. swainsoni FP64

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1-2): 9-19.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[HRS06] Hahn, I., U. Römer & R. P. Schlatter. 2006. Population numbers and status of land birds of the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile (Aves: Falconiformes, Columbiformes, Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Passeriformes). Senckenbergiana Biologica 86 (1): 109-125.

[I92] Iwahashi, J. (ed.) 1992. Reddo Deeta Animaruzu: a pictorial of Japanese fauna facing extinction. JICC: Tokyo.

[MMJ03] Mayr, G., A. Manegold & U. S. Johansson. 2003. Monophyletic groups within ‘higher land birds’ – comparison of morphological and molecular data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 41: 233-248.

[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.

[S66] Schlegel, H. 1866. Communication from, on mammals and birds collected in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 419-426.

[SWK87] Snyder, N. F. R., J. W. Wiley & C. B. Kepler. 1987. The Parrots of Luquillo: Natural history and conservation of the Puerto Rican parrot. Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology: Los Angeles.

[S05] Steinheimer, F. D. 2005. Eduard Rüppel’s avian types at the Natural History Museum, Tring (Aves). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85 (2): 233-264.

[WBSJ82] Wild Bird Society of Japan. 1982. A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan. Kodansha International Ltd.: Tokyo.

[WH02] Worthy, T. H., & R. N. Holdaway. 2002. The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric life of New Zealand. Indiana University Press: Bloomington (Indiana).

[ZJM03] Zeffer, A., L. C. Johansson & Å. Marmebro. 2003. Functional correlation between habitat use and leg morphology in birds (Aves). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 461-484.