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Buteo

Buteo

1 9.9
A group of hawks with wide wings like the red-tailed hawk
  • noun
  • /ˈbjuːtiˌoʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Buteo
  • buteo, this.
  • buteo hawks

Examples

  • In North America, one of the most commonly seen raptors is the Red-tailed Hawk, which is also a buteo.

  • Other members of this species, Buteo jamaicensis, are common throughout North America, especially in rural settings.

  • This buteo has come down from the prairies of Canada to feast on my coulee corn-fed mice.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I saw my first hawks then: soaring buteos.

Synonyms

genus Buteo
vsButeo
  • Specialized
8.8

A group of hawks with broad wings like buzzards that soar over open land

is the same group but described as mainly in Old and New Worlds

Compounds

Buteo buteo
  • UK
9.3

A medium-sized bird of prey with broad wings and a rounded tail that lives in Europe and parts of Asia

Buteo jamaicensis
  • Specialized
9.9

A large North American hawk with a reddish-brown tail and broad wings

Buteo lagopus
  • UK
9.9

A large hawk from northern regions that eats small rodents

genus Buteo
  • Specialized
8.8

A group of hawks with broad wings like buzzards that soar over open land

Surface Forms

Buteo singular
Buteos plural

Etymology

Buteo comes from the old Latin word buteo, which meant 'buzzard' or a kind of hawk. So scientists use Buteo as the group name for those broad-winged, soaring hawks.