Buteo jamaicensis [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi or suttoni] (Red-tailed Hawk [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi and suttoni])

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Red-tailed Hawk [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi and suttoni]

Buteo jamaicensis [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi or suttoni] (= Buteo jamaicensis borealis) (Gmelin, JF 1788)

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Classification

Order:
  Accipitriformes
Family:
  Accipitridae
Genus:
   Buteo
Scientific:
  Buteo jamaicensis borealis

Original description

Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Falco borealis

Type locality:
Carolina.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/278/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
6EB4A79D36BF5E15

Avibase ID:
avibase-6EB4A79D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6EB4A79D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175351

Geographic range:

Buteo jamaicensis calurus: western North America (west of the Great Plains)
Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi: Texas to northern Mexico
Buteo jamaicensis suttoni: southern Baja California (Mexico)
Buteo jamaicensis borealis (borealis): North America (east of the Great Plains)
Buteo jamaicensis borealis (abieticola): breeds boreal zone from Alaska to Atlantic Canada; winters mainly in the USA east of the Rocky Mountains
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-tailed Hawk [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi and suttoni]
French:
Buse à queue rousse [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi and suttoni]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-tailed Hawk [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi and suttoni] ( Buteo jamaicensis [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi or suttoni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-tailed Hawk [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi and suttoni] ( Buteo jamaicensis [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi or suttoni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-tailed Hawk [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi and suttoni] ( Buteo jamaicensis [borealis, calurus, abieticola, fuertesi or suttoni])
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Buteo jamaicensis borealis [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Buteo jamaicensis [excl. harlani]

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