Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
| Butastur | |
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| in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Butastur Hodgson, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Circus teesa Franklin, 1831
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Taxonomy and species
editThe genus Butastur was introduced in 1843 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the white-eyed buzzard as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is a portmanteau of the genus Buteo introduced by Bernard Germain de Lacépède for the buzzards and Astur introduced by Lacépède for the goshawks.[3] The genus now contains four species.[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Rufous-winged buzzard
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Butastur liventer (Temminck, 1827) |
southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Grasshopper buzzard
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Butastur rufipennis (Sundevall, 1850) |
Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia, migrating south to Sierra Leone, Cameroon, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and northern Tanzania | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| White-eyed buzzard
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Butastur teesa (Franklin, 1831) |
Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Grey-faced buzzard
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Butastur indicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
Russia, North China, Korea, Japan, and Philippines
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References
edit- ^ Hodgson, Brian Houghton (1843). "Catalogue of Nepâlese birds presented to the Asiatic Society, duly named and classified by the donor, Mr. Hodgson". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12, Part 1 (136): 301–313 [311].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 349.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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