Buteo
Genus of birds-of-prey including various buzzards and hawks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Buteo | |
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Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) | |
Scientific 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 |
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