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Buteo buteo

Description

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. A member of the genus Buteo, it is a member of the family Accipitridae. The species lives in most of Europe and extends its range into Asia, mainly western Russia. Over much of its range, it is a year-round resident. However, buzzards from the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere as well as those that breed in the eastern part of their range typically migrate south for the northern winter, many culminating their journey as far as South Africa. The common buzzard is an opportunistic predator that can take a wide variety of prey, but it feeds mostly on small mammals, especially rodents such as voles. It typically hunts from a perch. Like most accipitrid birds of prey, it builds a nest, typically in trees in this species, and is a devoted parent to a relatively small brood of young. The common buzzard appears to be the most common diurnal raptor in Europe, as estimates of its total global population run well into the millions.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2480537https://www.gbif.org/species/2480537
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)368056https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=368056
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Accipitridae : Buteo : Buteo buteo
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Accipitridae : Buteo : Buteo buteo
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusButeode Lacepède 1799
speciesButeo buteoLinnaeus 1758
Generic NameButeo
Common Namecommon buzzard
Scientific NameButeo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name Published InSyst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 90
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Buteo buteospeciesbelongs to Falcostated with evidenceLinnaeus, 1758
Buteo buteospeciesbelongs to Buteostated with evidenceBoule and De Villeneuve, 1927
Buteo buteospeciesbelongs to Buteostated without evidenceZelenkov et al., 2008
Buteo buteospeciesbelongs to Buteostated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.78 - 0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Accipitridae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Accipitridae)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Common Name(s) Mäusebussard, Buizerd, Buse Variable, Common Buzzard, Common/himalayan/eastern Buzzard, Aligot Comú, Busardo Ratonero, Miñato Común, Zapelatz Arrunta, Bwncath, Huta, Orli, Petriti Minjngënës, şahin, Κοινή Γερακίνα, Обикновен мишелов, Musvåge, Hiirihaukka, Musvåge Steppevåge (vulpinus), Musvåk, Músvákur, Ormvråk, Eurasian Buzzard, Common/himalayan Buzzard, Buzzard, Egerészölyv, Poiana, Águia-d'asa-redonda, Bruinjakkalsvoël, Hiireviu, Kanja, Káně Lesní, Myszołów (zwyczajny), Myšiak Hôrny, Paprastasis Suopis, Peļu Klijāns, águia-d'asa-redonda, Канюк, เหยี่ยวทะเลทรายตะวันตก, 普通鵟, 欧亚鵟, Common/long-legged Buzzard
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buteo_buteo

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Buteo buteo arrigonii
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo bannermani
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo buteo
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo harterti
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo insularum
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo japonicus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo menetriesi
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo pojana
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo rothschildi
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Buteo buteo vulpinus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Falco vulgaris GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Accipitridae : Buteo : Falco vulgaris
Falco buteo Linnaeus, 1758GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Accipitridae : Buteo : Falco buteo

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1758Falco buteo Linnaeus p. 90
1927Buteo buteo Boule and De Villeneuve p. 82
1988Buteo buteo Weesie p. 17 figs. Pl 2, fig 9; pl 3, figs 9-12
1993Buteo buteo Jaume et al. p. 151 figs. Pl 1
2008Buteo buteo Zelenkov et al.
2017Buteo buteo Clements et al.
2018Buteo buteo Carrera et al. p. 172 fig. 3J
2018Buteo buteo Matsuoka and Hasegawa p. 10 figs. Pl 3, fig 6

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542
Boule M., De Villeneuve L. (1927) La grotte de l'Observatoire à Monaco, Archives de l'Institut de Paléontologie Humaine Mémoire 1, 1-113
Weesie P. D. M. (1988) The Quaternary avifauna of Crete, Greece, Palaeovertebrata 18, 1-94
Jaume D., McMinn M., et al (1993) Fossil birds from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a description of a new species of quail (Galliformes: Phasianidae), Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 2, 147-165
Zelenkov N. V., Kurochkin E. N., et al (2008) Birds of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene from the Palaeolithic Djuktai cave site of Yakutia, eastern Siberia, Oryctos 7, 217-226
Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Carrera L., Pavia M., et al (2018) Avian fossil assemblages at the onset of the LGM in the eastern Alps: A palaecological contribution from the Rio Secco Cave (Italy), Comptes Rendus Palevol 17, 166-177
Matsuoka H., Hasegawa Y. (2018) Birds around the Minatogawa Man: the Late Pleistocene avian fossil assemblage of the Minatogawa Fissure, southern part of Okinawa Island, Central Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 22, 1-21
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Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names - via Catalogue of Life
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(2011) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.25 - via Catalogue of Life
BALBÁS, R. (2003): Busardo ratonero (Buteo buteo). En, Martí, R. y Del Moral J.C. (eds.): Atlas de las aves reproductoras de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza-SEO. Madrid..BAUCELLS-COLOMER, J. (2004). Aligot comú (Buteo buteo). . In: Estrada, Pedrochi, Brotons y Herrando (eds.) Atles dels ocells nidificants de Catalunya 1999-2002- ICO/Lynx Ed. Barcelona...BUSTAMANTE, J. (1985): Alimentación del ratonero común (Buteo buteo) en el norte de España. Doñana Acta Vertebrata, 11: 51-62...DE JUANA, E., F. DE JUANA y S. CALVO (1988): La invernada de las aves de presa en la Península Ibérica. En Tellería, J.L. (ed.): Invernada de las aves de presa en la Península Ibérica, pp. 97-122. SEO. Madrid...DE JUANA, F. (1989): Situación actual de las rapaces dirunas (Falconiformes) en España. Ecología, 3: 237-292...DEL HOYO, J., A. ELLIOT y J. SARGATAL (eds.) (1992): Handbook of the birds of the World. Vol 1. Lynx ed. Barcelona...DÍAZ, M., B. ASENSIO y J.L. TELLERÍA (1996): Aves ibéricas. I. No Paseriormes. Reyero ed. Madrid. - via Inventario Nacional Biodiversidad – Especies amenazadas (España)
SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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