Reptilia - Falconiformes - Accipitridae

Belongs to Buteo according to C. Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Buteo ales, Buteo antecursor, 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