Bermuda Hawk / Bermuteo avivorus
WBN Bermuda Hawk
SCI Name:
Protonym: Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 121(1) 130-141
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Bermuteo
Taxonomy Code: berhaw1
Type Locality:
Author: Olson
Publish Year: 2008
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
BERMUTEO
‡ (Accipitridae; Ϯ Bermuda Hawk B. avivorus) Bermuda; genus Buteo de Lacépède, 1799, buzzard; the Bermuda Hawk is known only from subfossil remains, but may have survived until the early 17th century; "Genus Bermuteo, new genus Type species.—Bermuteo avivorus, new species. ... Etymology.—An amalgamation of Bermuda with the genus Buteo, from the Latin word buteo, a hawk, used for the European Buzzard Buteo buteo, and like that genus treated here as masculine in gender." (Olson 2008) (Storrs Olson in litt.).
avivorus
L. avis bird; -vorus -eating < vorare to devour.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
