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Buteogallus milleri

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Extinct species of bird

Buteogallus milleri
Temporal range: Quaternary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteogallus
Species: †B. milleri
Binomial name
†Buteogallus milleri
(Howard, 1932)
Synonyms

Urubitinga milleri (Howard, 1932)

Buteogallus milleri is an extinct species of buteonine hawk. The only remains discovered—a fragmentary coracoid (the holotype) and the distal half of a humerus—are from Hawver Cave in El Dorado County, California. B. milleri was larger than Buteogallus fragilis or Geranoaetus melanoleucus (the black-chested buzzard-eagle), and close in size to the Cuban species Buteogallus borrasi. However, there is not yet enough material to fully assess the similarities between B. milleri and B. borrasi. B. milleri is named after paleontologist Loye Miller.

References

  1. ^ Howard, Hildegarde; Howard, Hildegarde (1932). Eagles and eagle-like vultures of the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 25.
  2. Olson, Storrs L.; Suárez, William (2007-04-20). "The Cuban fossil eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo: A scaled-up version of the Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga (Gmelin)" (PDF). Journal of Raptor Research. 41 (4). Raptor Research Foundation: 288. doi:10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:TCFEAB]2.0.CO;2.
Taxon identifiers
Buteogallus milleri


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