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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 03:09:35 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Grey-faced Buzzard*
Id (Atlas):
Butastur indicus
Description (10 )
Grey-faced Buzzard
© flickr.com
Other Names (World)
Grey-faced Buzzard, Gray-faced Buzzard, Frog Hawk
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
41 - 49 cm
Wingspan: 102 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Gmelin, 1788)
Habitat
Coniferous and mixed evergreen montane forests. Forest edges and agricultural land. From sea-level - 1,500 m.
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea (B), Philippines, Russia (Asian), Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Timor-Leste (NB) (P), Vietnam.
Vagrant to Mongolia.
North-eastern China to Amurland and Ussuriland, Japan and Izu Is. Winters from southern and south-eastern China and Taiwan through Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi and islands off north-western New Guinea.
 
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Habits
Usually solitary. Migration is often in flocks.
Food
Lizards, large insects, small mammals.
Voice
A loud, two-note, 'ki-wee', the second note rising then descending. Less vocal during migration.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)... )
Listen to XC266721
Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus ) [XC266721 ]
by Joshua Chong from Gornyy Khutor, Chernigovskiy rayon, Primorskiy kray, Russian Federation (call)
Listen to XC331432
Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus ) [XC331432 ]
by Albert Lastukhin & Dmitriy Korobov from Zarubino, Khasanskiy rayon, Primorskiy kray, Russian Federation (alarm call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa ), Rufous-winged Buzzard (Butastur liventer ) and Grasshopper Buzzard (Butastur rufipennis ).
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Grey-faced Buzzard see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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