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.[1][2] B. milleri is named after paleontologist Loye Miller.[1]

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)

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.