Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Alternative combination: Calohierax quadratus
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1937. Bird remains from cave deposits on Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80:427-441
Belongs to Buteo according to J. A. Oswald and D. W. Steadman 2018
See also Olson 2000, Wetmore 1937 and Wetmore 1956
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 lagopus, Buteo lineatus, Buteo nitidus, Buteo platypterus, Buteo pusillus, Buteo regalis, Buteo rufinus, Buteo solitarius, Buteo spassovi, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo typhoius
Type specimen: MCZ 2256, a limb element (tarsometatarsus, distal end). Its type locality is Upper Pasture Cave, Little Exuma, which is in a Pleistocene cave limestone in the Bahamas.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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