Himalayan buzzard

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)

The Himalayan buzzard (Buteo refectus)[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 and adjacent mountains of southern China.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Buteo refectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  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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