Butastur
Genus of birds
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Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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| Butastur | |
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| in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Butastur Hodgson, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Circus teesa Franklin, 1831 | |
Taxonomy and species
The 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Grey-faced buzzard
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Butastur indicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
Russia, North China, Korea, Japan, and Philippines |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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