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| − | [[Image:Grey-faced_Buzzard.jpg|thumb| | + | '''Alternative name Grey-faced Buzzard Eagle''' |
| + | [[Image:Grey-faced_Buzzard.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|jasnjohn|jasnjohn}} <br />Photographed on Langkawi, [[Malaysia]]]] | ||
;[[:Category:Butastur|Butastur]] indicus | ;[[:Category:Butastur|Butastur]] indicus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 41–48 cm (16-19 in) | ||
| + | *Cream colored [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] | ||
| + | *Greyish cheeks | ||
| + | *White throat with black mesial stripe | ||
| + | *Greyish-brown head | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Eastern [[Asia]]. '''Breeds''' in the [[Russia|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. | + | Eastern [[Asia]].<br /> |
| + | '''Breeds''' in the [[Russia|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]]. | '''Winters''' in eastern and southern China south to [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Indonesia]], common in northern [[Borneo]] and [[Sumatra]] but rare on [[Java]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | ||
[[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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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
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 | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ====Diet==== | |
| + | They often hunt from a high perch. Their main diet consists of frogs, lizards, snakes, rodents, insects and possibly birds. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015) | ||
| + | #BF Member observations | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Butastur+indicus}} | {{GSearch|Butastur+indicus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Butastur]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Butastur]] | ||
Revision as of 19:49, 6 September 2015
Alternative name Grey-faced Buzzard Eagle
- Butastur indicus
Identification
41–48 cm (16-19 in)
- Cream colored supercilium
- Greyish cheeks
- White throat with black mesial stripe
- Greyish-brown head
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
Diet
They often hunt from a high perch. Their main diet consists of frogs, lizards, snakes, rodents, insects and possibly birds.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-faced Buzzard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-faced_Buzzard
