The Buteo (Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the Common Buzzards) is a genus of medium-sized wide-ranging Birds of Prey with a robust body and broad wings.
They mostly feed on birds or small mammals, or the remains of dead animals (carrion).
They usually place their eggs in a depression in the ground. The average clutch consists of 2 to 3 eggs.
They are graceful flyers – soaring at great heights and moving their wings only to adjust to changing air currents.
Species in taxonomic order
- Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo
- Cape Verde Buzzard, Buteo buteo bannermani
- Madeira Buzzard, Buteo buteo harterti
- Socotra Buzzard, Buteo buteo socotrae
- Steppe Buzzard, Buteo buteo vulpinus
- Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
- Long-legged Buzzard, Buteo rufinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus
- Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
- Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
- Swainson’s Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
- Roadside Hawk, Buteo magnirostris
- Ridgway’s Hawk, Buteo ridgwayi
- White-rumped Hawk, Buteo leucorrhous
- Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
- White-throated Hawk, Buteo albigula
- White-tailed Hawk, Buteo albicaudatus
- Galápagos Hawk, Buteo galapagoensis
- Variable Hawk, Buteo polyosoma
- Red-backed Hawk, Buteo (p.) polyosoma – Nominate Race
- Juan Fernández Hawk, Buteo (polyosoma) exsul
- [Puna Hawk, Buteo (polyosoma) poecilochrous] – Disputed
- Grey Hawk, Buteo nitidus – formerly in Asturina
- Grey-lined Hawk, Buteo n. nitidus
- Grey Hawk, Buteo nitidus plagiatus
- Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus
- Hawaiian Hawk, Buteo solitarius
- Rufous-tailed Hawk, Buteo ventralis
- Mountain Buzzard, Buteo oreophilus
- Forest Buzzard, Buteo oreophilus trizonatus
- Madagascar Buzzard, Buteo brachypterus
- Upland Buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
- Red-necked Buzzard, Buteo auguralis
- Jackal Buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus
- Archer’s Buzzard, Buteo (rufofuscus) archeri
- Augur Buzzard, Buteo (rufofuscus) augur
