Himalayan buzzard

The Himalayan buzzard (Buteo burmanicus)[2] is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard (Buteo buteo). It is native to the Himalayas in Nepal, India and adjacent mountains of southern China.

Himalayan buzzard
From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. burmanicus
Binomial name
Buteo burmanicus
(Hume, 1875)
Synonyms

Buteo refectus (Portenko, 1929)

At Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Buteo refectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Dickinson, E.C. & Svensson, L. 2012. A new name for a buzzard from the Himalayas. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 132(3):221
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