Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus - Busautour à joues grises

Systematics

Order
:
Accipitriformes
Family
:
Accipitridés
Genus
:
Butastur
Species
:
indicus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 46 cm
Wingspan
: 101 à 110 cm.
Weight
: 375 à 433 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Busautour à joues grises,
Busardo carigrís,
bútio-de-faces-cinzentas,
Amurbussard,
bogarászó ölyv,
Grijskopbuizerd,
Poiana facciagrigia,
gråkindad vråk,
Gråkinnvåk,
saryč hrdzavohnedý,
jestřábec východní,
Gråhovedet Våge,
harmaanaamahaukka,
aligot bru,
myszołap białobrewy,
varžu klijāns,
Ястребиный сарыч,
Elang kelabu,
サシバ,
灰脸鵟鹰,
เหยี่ยวหน้าเทา,
灰面鵟鷹,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest