Reptilia - Falconiformes - Accipitridae

Belongs to Buteo according to A. H. Miller and C. G. Sibley 1942

Sister taxa: Buteo antecursor, Buteo buteo, Buteo contortus, Buteo coterminus, Buteo dananus, Buteo fluviaticus, Buteo grangeri, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus, Buteo platypterus, Buteo rufinus, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo typhoius

Ecology: volant carnivore