Butastur indicus

Butastur indicus

Distribution map of the grey-faced buzzard; violet: extant and breeding, rot: extant, non-breeding

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Accipitriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Accipitriformes

Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Buteoninae
Genus: Butastur
Species: Butastur indicus

Name

Butastur indicus (Gmelin, 1788: 264) [org. comb. Falco indicus]

References

Primary references

• Gmelin, J.F. 1788. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. i–xii, 1–500. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 264]

Additional references

• Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London.
• DeCandido R. and Nualsri C. Timing and abundance of Grey-faced Buzzards Butastur indicus and other raptors on northbound migration in southern Thailand, spring 2007–2008, FORKTAIL 25 (2009): 90–95, PDF 1,0 MB
• Deng, W-H., Wei, G. and Guang-Mei, Z. 2003. Nest and roost habitat characteristics of the Grey-faced Buzzard in northeastern China. Journal of Raptor Research 37(3): 228-235.
• Orta, J., de Juana, E. and Marks, J. S. 2014. Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
• Shiu H-J., Tokita K., Morishita E., Hiraoka E., Wu Y., Nakamura H., Higuchi H.: Route and site fidelity of two migratory raptors: Grey-faced Buzzards Butastur indicus and Honey-buzzards Pernis apivorus, DOI: 10.2326/1347-0558(2006)5[151:RASFOT]2.0.CO;2
• Kazuya Nagai, Fumitaka Iseki, Atsuki Azuma: Analysis of the Genetic Diversity and Structure of the Grey-Faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) in Japan, Based on mtDNA, Zoological Science, 36(1):17-22 (2019). doi:10.2108/zs180077

Links

• IUCN: Butastur indicus  (Least Concern)
• Grey-faced Buzzard. Sashiba (Jpn.). Butastur indicus, Bird Research News Vol.4 No.5 (PDF)

Vernacular names

العربية: حوام رمادي الوجه
català: Aligot caragrís
čeština: Jestřábec východní
English: Grey-faced Buzzard
español: Busardo carigrís
suomi: Harmaanaamahaukka
français: Busautour à joues grises
日本語: サシバ（差羽、鸇）, sashiba
한국어: 왕새매
монгол: Саржуу харцгай
Bahasa Melayu: Burung Lang Kepala Kelabu
Nederlands: Grijskopbuizerd
polski: Myszołap białobrewy
русский: Ястребиный канюк
svenska: Gråkindad vråk
Tiếng Việt: Diều Ấn Độ
Bân-lâm-gú: Lâm-lō͘-eng
中文: 灰面鷲

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