| Buteo Temporal range: Oligocene – present
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| Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Buteo Lacépède, 1799 |
| Type species | |
| Falco buteo Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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About 30, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 81. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ "Buteos at the Peregrine Fund". peregrinefund.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-12.