Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Zwarte Buizerd
Common Names in English:
Common Black Hawk, Anthracite, Black Hawk, Common Black-Hawk, Mexican Black Hawk
Common Names in French:
Buse Noire
Common Names in German:
Krabbenbussard
Common Names in Japanese:
クロヌマワシ
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,801 meters (0 to 9,190 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
()
- Seebohm, 1890
- Order:
Falconiformes
()
- Sharpe, 1874
- Suborder:
Accipitres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Infraorder:
Falconides
()
- Sharpe, 1874
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
()
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Family:
Accipitridae
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
()
- Genus:
Buteogallus
()
- Lesson, 1830
- Specific name:
anthracinus
- Subspecies:
anthracinus
- Scientific name: - Buteogallus anthracinus anthracinus (Deppe) 1830 (Deppe) 1830 Preis-Verzeichn.Saugeth.Vog.Mex.gesam. p.3
- Subspecies:
anthracinus
- Specific name:
anthracinus
- Genus:
Buteogallus
(
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
(
- Family:
Accipitridae
(
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
(
- Infraorder:
Falconides
(
- Suborder:
Accipitres
(
- Order:
Falconiformes
(
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Buteogallus anthracinus (Deppe
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Buteogallus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. aequinoctialis (Rufous Crab Hawk) · B. anthracinus (Mexican Black Hawk) · B. anthracinus anthracinus (Common Black Hawk) · B. anthracinus gundlachii (Common Black-Hawk) · B. gundlachii (Cuban Black Hawk) · B. meridionalis (Savannah Hawk) · B. meridionalis meridionalis (Savannah Hawk) · B. subtilis (Mangrove Black Hawk) · B. subtilis bangsi (Mangrove Black Hawk) · B. subtilis subtilis (Mangrove Black-Hawk) · B. urubitinga (Great Black Hawk) · B. urubitinga urubitinga (Great Black Hawk)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 402, p. 403, p. 405.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr and Boardman Conover. 13 1949 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1949. url p. 190.
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 112.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 244, p. 357.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1976 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 214.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 614.
- The birds of El Salvador, by Donald R. Dickey and A. J. Van Rossem. 23 1938 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. url p. 122.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 8 1937 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 361, p. 466.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 3 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 554, p. 654.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475156
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175403
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13897111
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175403
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNKC15011
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13362
Footnotes
- Mean = 352.570 meters (1,156.726 feet), Standard Deviation = 883.420 based on 23 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
