Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan 1763 (rough-legged hawk)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Alternative combinations: Archibuteo lagopus, Buteo (Triorchis) lagopus, Falco lagopus

Belongs to Buteo according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Hay 1930, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Buteo (Triorchis), Buteo ales, Buteo antecursor, Buteo brachypterus, Buteo buteo, Buteo conterminus, Buteo contortus, Buteo dananus, Buteo dondasi, Buteo fluviaticus, Buteo fuscescens, Buteo grangeri, Buteo hoffstetteri, Buteo jamaicensis, 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:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Alaska, California, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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