Buteoninae
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The Buteoninae are a subfamily of birds of prey which consists of medium to large, broad-winged species.
Buteo jamaicensis Pillar Point Harbor, California, USA 8
Yellow billed Kite
Brahminy Kite
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Accipitridae
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The Accipitridae is one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They fe
Buteoninae
…zoologist Nicholas Vigors in 1825 with Buteo as the type genus. The subfamily includes about 79 currently recognized species. Unlike the many lineages of Accipitridae which seem to have radiated out of Africa or South Asia, the Buteoninae clearly originated in the Americas based on fossil records and current species…
Buteo buteo Scotland 8
Neophrontops americanus fossil
Neogyps errans fossil
Portrait of a subadult bald eagle, showing its strongly hooked beak and the cere covering the base of the beak