Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Full reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168
Belongs to Buteo according to K. E. Campbell 1976
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 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is La Carolina, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Ecuador
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Carolina
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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