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Buteogallus irpus Suárez & Olson, 2021

Wolf hawk, Gavilán lobo

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: probably Late Pleistocene (Suárez, 2022)

 

Distribution

Cuba & Hispaniola

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. (2021). A new fossil raptor (Accipitridae: Buteogallus) from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba and Hispaniola, West Indies. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141(3): 256-266. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v141i3.2021.a3

 

Other references:

Suárez, William. (2022). Catalogue of Cuban fossil and subfossil birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142(1): 10-74. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v142i1.2022.a3

 

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