Buteo Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the Common Buzzard. is a genus of medium-sized wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are named as "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in North America. As both terms are very ambiguous, "buteos" is sometimes used instead, e.g. by the Peregrine Fund http://www.peregrinefund.org/Explore_Raptors/hawks/buteos.html.