Buteo

Buteo
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma Oligocene – present
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Buteo
Lacépède, 1799
Type species
Falco buteo
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

About 30, see text

Synonyms

Asturina

Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, 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 the New World (Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the common buzzard[1]). As both terms are ambiguous, buteo is sometimes used instead, for example, by the Peregrine Fund.[2]

  1. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 81. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  2. ^ "Buteos at the Peregrine Fund". peregrinefund.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-12.