Reptilia - Falconiformes - Accipitridae

Belongs to Buteo according to C. B. Schultz and E. B. Howard 1935

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

Ecology: volant carnivore