| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Grasshopper Buzzard* |
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Butastur rufipennis |
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Description (10)
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Grasshopper Buzzard
© flickr.com
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
41 - 43 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Sundevall, 1851)
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.
Vagrant to Burundi, Liberia, Rwanda.
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Senegambia east to Ethiopia, migrating south to Sierra Leone, Cameroon, north-eastern Zaire, Kenya and northern Tanzania.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)
Grasshopper Buzzard (Butastur rufipennis) [XC647563]
by selvino from University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria (call)
Grasshopper Buzzard (Butastur rufipennis) [XC156395]
by id from Tchede, Mayo-Danay, Extreme North, Cameroon (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa), Rufous-winged Buzzard (Butastur liventer) and Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Grasshopper Buzzard see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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