Buteo
Julia Gulka and David P. Mindell
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close boxTopology 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
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.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Buteo swainsoni |
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| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Swainson's Hawk _7179 |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Jean-Guy |
| Scientific Name | Buteo rufinus |
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| Location | Golbasi/ Ankara / Turkey |
| Comments | Long-legged Buzzard |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright |
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| Scientific Name | Buteo lineatus |
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| Location | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Red Shouldered Hawk |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Ananda Debnath |
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Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA
David P. Mindell
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA
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