PaleoDB taxon number: 368057

Alternative combination: Falco rufinus

Belongs to Buteo according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Buteo (Triorchis), Buteo ales, Buteo antecursor, Buteo brachypterus, Buteo buteo, Buteo conterminus, Buteo contortus, Buteo dananus, Buteo fluviaticus, Buteo grangeri, Buteo hoffstetteri, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo lineatus, Buteo nitidus, Buteo platypterus, Buteo quadratus, Buteo regalis, Buteo solitarius, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo typhoius