Rufous-tailed Hawk
Buteo ventralisGould, J, 1837
English (US) Rufous-tailed Hawk
The Rufous-tailed Hawk (Buteo ventralis) 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.
Range: Patagonian forest of southern Chile and ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Buteo ventralis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Rufous-tailed Hawk
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1837
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1837
- Type locality
- no locality. Type from Santa Cruz, Patagonia. Buteo pictus Philippi, 1899, Anales Univ. Chile, 103, pp. 665, 668- Chile.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.5, no.49 p.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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