Bermuda hawk
| Bermuda hawk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | †Bermuteo Olson, 2008 |
| Species: | †B. avivorus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Bermuteo avivorus Olson, 2008
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The Bermuda hawk was the sole member of the genus Bermuteo. The Bermuda hawk inhabited the island of Bermuda where it is recorded in the fossil record and is thought to account for a report of sightings of raptors made on the island in 1603 by Diego Ramírez, which states The species apparently was not present in 1623, when Captain John Smith noted that the only raptors on Bermuda were migrants, not residents.[2] Its date of extinction is not known but is presumed to have followed the human settlement on the island in the 17th century and may have been due to hunting and the introduction of invasive species.[1]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2014). "Bermuteo avivorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ ^ HBW and Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World
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