Name - Buteogallus Lesson 1830

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:301765 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Buteogallus

• Heterospizias Sharpe 1874

• Wetmoregyps Miller 1928

• Buteogallus Less.

• Miraquila Campbell 1979

• Amplibuteo Campbell 1979

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• A revision of the sub-buteonine hawks (Accipitridae, Aves).
• The "walking eagle" Wetmoregyps daggetti Miller: a scaled-up version of the savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis).
• The generic position of Miraquila terrestris Campbell: another addition to the buteogalline radiation from the Pleistocene of Peru.
• A new fossil raptor (Accipitridae: Buteogallus) from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba and Hispaniola, West Indies.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Traite Ornith., (2) 1830: 83. [Index Animalium Entry]

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