Galapagos Hawk Buteo galapagoensis Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Richard O. Bierregaard, Guy M. Kirwan, and David Christie
Version: 1.1 — Published May 3, 2024
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | aligot de les Galápagos |
| Czech | káně galapážská |
| Dutch | Galapagosbuizerd |
| English | Galapagos Hawk |
| English (United States) | Galapagos Hawk |
| Finnish | galapagosinhiirihaukka |
| French | Buse des Galapagos |
| French (France) | Buse des Galapagos |
| German | Galápagosbussard |
| Icelandic | Hniðjuvákur |
| Japanese | ガラパゴスノスリ |
| Norwegian | galapagosvåk |
| Polish | myszołów galapagoski |
| Russian | Галапагосский канюк |
| Serbian | Galapagoski mišar |
| Slovak | myšiak galapágsky |
| Slovenian | Galapaška kanja |
| Spanish | Busardo de Galápagos |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gavilán de Galápagos |
| Spanish (Spain) | Busardo de Galápagos |
| Swedish | galápagosvråk |
| Turkish | Galapagos Şahini |
| Ukrainian | Канюк галапагоський |
Revision Notes
Minor revision of the Introduction, noting that recent studies show Galapagos Hawk is most closely related to Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni), and not White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus), as well as the Systematics and Distribution.
Buteo galapagoensis (Gould, 1837)
PROTONYM:
Polyborus galapagoensis
Gould, 1837. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt5 no.49, p.9.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Galapagos Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BUTEO
- buteo
- galapagensis / galapagoensis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Galapagos Hawk
