Buteo quadratus (Wetmore, 1937)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Calohierax quadratus Wetmore, 1937

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene (Steadman & Franklin, 2020:Table 3)

Distribution

Abaco, Little Exuma, Long Island, Middle Caicos & New Providence, Bahamas

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Wetmore, Alexander. (1937a). Bird Remains from Cave Deposits on Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 80(12): 427-441.

Other references:

Brodkorb, Pierce. (1959). Pleistocene Birds from New Providence Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 4(11): 349-371.

Olson, Storrs L. (2000). Fossil red-shouldered hawk in the Bahamas: Calohierax quadratus Wetmore synonymized with Buteo lineatus (Gmelin). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1): 298-301.

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Steadman, David W. and Franklin, Janet. (2020). Bird populations and species lost to Late Quaternary environmental change and human impact in the Bahamas. PNAS. doi/10.1073/pnas.2013368117 [Supplementary Information]

Wetmore, Alexander. (1937b) The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 21, 5–16.