Buteo

The Buteo (Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the Common Buzzard) is a genus of medium-sized wide-ranging Birds of Prey with a robust body and broad wings.

They mostly feed on birds or small mammals, or the remains of dead animals (carrion).

They usually place their eggs in a depression in the ground. The average clutch consists of 2 to 3 eggs.

They are graceful flyers - soaring at great heights and moving their wings only to adjust to changing air currents.

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 - Nominate Race
  • Juan Fernández Hawk, Buteo (polyosoma) exsul
  • [Puna Hawk, Buteo (polyosoma) poecilochrous] - Disputed
• 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

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