Butastur

Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.

Butastur
in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Butastur
Hodgson, 1843



List of species
Common name Scientific name[1] IUCN Red List Status Distribution Picture
Rufous-winged buzzard Butastur liventer
(Temminck, 1827)		 LC IUCN[2] Indochina, Java and Sulawesi
Grasshopper buzzard Butastur rufipennis
(Sundevall, 1851)		 LC IUCN[3] Sahel ; winters to Sudan (region) and East Africa
White-eyed buzzard Butastur teesa
(Franklin, 1831)		 LC IUCN[4]
Grey-faced buzzard Butastur indicus
(Gmelin, 1788)		 LC IUCN[5] Manchuria, Korea and Japan ; winters to Southeast Asia

References
  1. "ITIS Report: Butastur". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  2. BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur liventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur rufipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur teesa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. BirdLife International (2013). "Butastur indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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