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'''Winters''' in eastern and southern China south to [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Indonesia]], common in northern [[Borneo]] and [[Sumatra]] but rare on [[Java]]. | '''Winters''' in eastern and southern China south to [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Indonesia]], common in northern [[Borneo]] and [[Sumatra]] but rare on [[Java]]. | ||
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[[Image:Grey-faced BuzzardP1310858tc.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|petitebouquet|petitebouquet}}<br />Photographed at gifu pref, [[Japan]]]] | [[Image:Grey-faced BuzzardP1310858tc.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|petitebouquet|petitebouquet}}<br />Photographed at gifu pref, [[Japan]]]] | ||
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Open woodland and scrub up to 1,500m. Often occurs near rivers and paddyfields on passage | Open woodland and scrub up to 1,500m. Often occurs near rivers and paddyfields on passage | ||
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- Butastur indicus
Identification
Distribution
Eastern Asia. Breeds in the Russian Far East in Ussuriland and Amurland, in north-eastern China from Heilungkiang to south-east Liaoning and Hopeh, Korea and in Japan from Honshu to Kyushu.
Winters in eastern and southern China south to Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, common in northern Borneo and Sumatra but rare on Java.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Open woodland and scrub up to 1,500m. Often occurs near rivers and paddyfields on passage
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
