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Parabuteo
Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Parabuteo
Ridgway, 1874
Type species
Buteo harrisi[1]
Audubon, 1837
Synonyms

Antenor Ridgway, 1873 (nec Montfort, 1808)

Erythrocnema Sharpe, 1874

Percnohierax Ridgway, 1920

Parabuteo is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It contains the following species:

Genus Parabuteo – Ridgway, 1874 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Harris's hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus
(Temminck, 1824)

Two subspecies
  • P. u. harrisi
  • P. u. unicinctus
southern US, Mexico, Central & South America
Map of range
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 LC 

White-rumped hawk

Parabuteo leucorrhous
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Andes; southern Atlantic forest
Map of range
Size:

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 LC 

References

  1. ↑ "Accipitridae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.