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Bermuda hawk

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Accipitridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Accipitriformes

Class
  
Aves

Genus
  
Bermuteo

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Bermuda saw‑whet owl, Finsch's duck, Oceanic eclectus parrot, Marquesas swamphen, North Island snipe

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

very handsome sparrow-hawks,

so stupid that we even clubbed them

The species apparently was not present in 1623, when Captain John Smith noted that there were only migrant raptors not resident on Bermuda. 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.

References

Bermuda hawk Wikipedia