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Buteo

Julia Gulka and David P. Mindell
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Topology built based on combined mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analysis of do Amaral et al. (2009) as the most complete sampling of species. Lerner et al. (2008) offers a different topology with slightly fewer species. Based on both analyses, Buteo is polyphyletic with Leucopternis, Geranoaetus melanoleucus, and Parabuteo unicinctus, suggesting the need to reassess classification of these genera. The topology includes only species currently considered to be in the Buteo genus based on the IOC World Bird List (Gill and Donsker 2011).

 NOTE: According to Gill and Donsker (2011), the correct Latin name of the Himalayan Buzzard is B. burmanicus rather than B. refectus

Containing group: Accipitridae

References

do Amaral, F. S. R., M. J. Miller, L. F. Silveira, E. Bermingham, and A. Wajntal. 2006. Polyphyly of the hawk genera Leucopternis and Buteogallus (Aves, Accipitridae): multiple habitat shifts during the Neotropical buteonine diversification. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:10.

do Amaral, F. R., F. H. Sheldon, A. Gamauf, E. Haring, M. Reising, L. F., Silveira, and A. Wajntal. 2009. Patterns and processes of diversification in the widespread and ecologically diverse avian group, the buteonine hawks (Aves, Accipitridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 703-715.

Gill, F. and D. Dosker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.9). Available t http://www.worldbirdnames.org. Accessed 25 July 2011.

Kruckenhauser, L., Haring, E., Pinsker, W., Riesing , M. J., Winkler, H., Wink, M. and Gamauf, A. 2004. Genetic vs. morphological differentiation of Old World buzzards (genus Buteo, Accipitridae). Zool. Scripta 33:197-211.

Lerner, H. R. L., M. C. Klaver, and D. P. Mindell. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics of the buteonine birds of prety (Accipitridae). The Auk 304(2): 304-315.

Riesing, M. J., Kruckenhauser, L., Gamauf, A., and Haring, E. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Buteo (Aves: Accipitridae) based on mitochondrial marker sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27: 328-342.

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Scientific Name Buteo swainsoni
Location British Columbia, Canada
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Swainson's Hawk _7179
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Jean-Guy
Long-legged Buzzard
Scientific Name Buteo rufinus
Location Golbasi/ Ankara / Turkey
Comments Long-legged Buzzard
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © Selen Ediger
Scientific Name Buteo lineatus
Location Austin, Texas, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Red Shouldered Hawk
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Ananda Debnath
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Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA

David P. Mindell
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Julia Gulka at and David P. Mindell at

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Gulka, Julia and David P. Mindell. 2011. Buteo. Version 06 August 2011 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Buteo/57807/2011.08.06 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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