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Buteo (Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the Common Buzzard) is a genus of medium-sized 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 North America. As both terms are ambiguous, buteo is sometimes used instead, for example, by the Peregrine Fund.

Species in taxonomic order

Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo
Cape Verde Buzzard, Buteo buteo bannermani
Madeira Buzzard, Buteo buteo harterti
Socotra Buzzard, Buteo buteo socotrae
Steppe Buzzard, Buteo buteo vulpinus
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
Long-legged Buzzard, Buteo rufinus
Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis
Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
Roadside Hawk, Buteo magnirostris
Ridgway's Hawk, Buteo ridgwayi
White-rumped Hawk, Buteo leucorrhous
Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
White-throated Hawk, Buteo albigula
White-tailed Hawk, Buteo albicaudatus
Galápagos Hawk, Buteo galapagoensis
Red-backed Hawk, Buteo polyosoma
Puna Hawk, Buteo poecilochrous
Grey-lined Hawk, Buteo nitidus - formerly in Asturina
Grey Hawk, Buteo nitidus plagiatus
Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus
Hawaiian Hawk, Buteo solitarius
Rufous-tailed Hawk, Buteo ventralis
Mountain Buzzard, Buteo oreophilus
Madagascar Buzzard, Buteo brachypterus
Upland Buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
Red-necked Buzzard, Buteo auguralis
Jackal Buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus
- Archer's Buzzard, Buteo (rufofuscus) archeri
- Augur Buzzard, Buteo (rufofuscus) augur

Fossil record

A number of fossil species have been discovered, mainly in North America. Some are placed here primarily based on considerations of biogeography, Buteo being somewhat hard to distinguish from Geranoaetus based on osteology alone:

Buteo fluviaticus (Brule Middle Oligocene of Wealt County, USA) - possibly same as B. grangeri

Buteo grangeri (Brule Middle Oligocene of Washabaugh County, USA)

Buteo antecursor (Brule Late Oligocene)

?Buteo sp. (Brule Late Oligocene of Washington County, USA)

Buteo ales (Agate Fossil Beds Early Miocene of Sioux County, USA) - formerly in Geranospiza or Geranoaetus

Buteo typhoius (Olcott Early -? Late Miocene of Sioux County, USA)

Buteo pusillus (Middle Miocene of Grive-Saint-Alban, France)

Buteo sp. (Middle Miocene of Grive-Saint-Alban, France - Early Pleistocene of Bacton, England)

Buteo contortus (Snake Creek Late Miocene of Sioux County, USA) - formerly in Geranoaetus

Buteo spassovi (Late Miocene of Chadžidimovo, Bulgaria)

Buteo musculosus (Miocene of Argentina) - formerly in Thegornis

Buteo conterminus (Snake Creek Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Sioux County, USA) - formerly in Geranoaetus

Buteo sp. (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA) An unidentifiable accipitrid that occurred on Ibiza in the Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene may also have been a Buteo. If this is so, the bird can be expected to aid in untangling the complicated evolutionary history of the Common Buzzard group.
The prehistoric species "Aquila" danana, Buteogallus fragilis (Fragile Eagle), and Spizaetus grinnelli were at one time also placed in Buteo.

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