L Baikal area and Mongolia eastern through Amurland and Manchuria to Sakhalin, Japan and Kuril Is, and south to Tibet, and possibly north-western India; winters in southern Asia, from India to Japan.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus) [XC438334]
by Oriental Stork from Hanareyama, Karuizawa-machi, Japan (flight call)
Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus) [XC879847]
by Joshua Chong from \u6d59\u6c5f, China (nocturnal flight call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 - Central, southern Siberia, Mongolia, north-eastern China, Japan. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo).
toyoshimai Momiyama, 1927 - Izu Is and Bonin Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo).
oshiroi Kuroda, Nagahisa, 1971 - Daito Is (to east of central Ryukyu Is). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet