Gray-lined hawk

Gray-lined hawk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. nitidus
Binomial name
Buteo nitidus
(Latham, 1790)
Subspecies[2]
  • B. n. blakei - Hellmayr & Conover, 1949
  • B. n. nitidus - (Latham, 1790)
  • B. n. pallidus - (Todd, 1915)
Synonyms

Asturina nitida

The gray-lined hawk (Buteo nitidus) is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida. The species has been split by the American Ornithological Society from the gray hawk. The gray-lined hawk is found from El Salvador to Argentina, as well as on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2020). "Buteo nitidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22727766A168803943. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22727766A168803943.en. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.