Buteo
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Buteo 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 named as "buzzards", but "hawk" is more common in North America.
Species in taxonomic order
- Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo
- 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
- Red-backed Hawk, Buteo polyosoma
- Puna Hawk, Buteo poecilochrous
- Gray Hawk / Grey Hawk , Buteo nitidus
- Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus
- Hawaiian Hawk, Buteo solitarius
- Rufous-tailed Hawk, Buteo ventralis
- Mountain Buzzard, Buteo oreophilus
- Madagascar Buzzard, Buteo brachypterus
- Upland Buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
- Red-necked Buzzard, Buteo auguralis
- Augur Buzzard, Buteo augur
- Archer's Buzzard, Buteo archeri
- Jackal Buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus
A number of fossil species have been discovered in North America:
- Buteo fluviaticus (Brule Middle Oligocene of Wealt County, USA)
- Buteo grangeri (Brule Middle Oligocene)
- 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 Geranospiza
- Buteo typhoius (Olcott Early -? Late Miocene of Sioux County, USA)
- Buteo contortus (Snake Creek Late Miocene of Sioux County, USA) - formerly Geranoaetus
- Buteo conterminus (Snake Creek Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Sioux County, USA) - formerly Geranoaetus
- Buteo sp. (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA)
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