Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurusVieillot, LJP, 1816
English (US) Short-tailed Hawk
The Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
- Scientific name
- Buteo brachyurus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Short-tailed Hawk
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1816
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus
- Buteo brachyurus brachyurus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1816
- Type locality
- No type locality = Cayenne, substituted by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 291).
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 4 p.477
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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