Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Belongs to Buteo according to A. Wetmore 1956

See also Miller and Sibley 1942 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: Buteo (Triorchis), Buteo ales, Buteo antecursor, Buteo brachypterus, Buteo buteo, Buteo conterminus, Buteo dananus, Buteo dondasi, Buteo fluviaticus, Buteo fuscescens, Buteo grangeri, Buteo hoffstetteri, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo lineatus, Buteo nitidus, Buteo platypterus, Buteo pusillus, Buteo quadratus, Buteo regalis, Buteo rufinus, Buteo solitarius, Buteo spassovi, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo typhoius

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Buteo contortus in the database

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