Biology:Butastur
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Short description: Genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Butastur Hodgson, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Circus teesa Franklin, 1831
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Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Taxonomy and species
The genus Butastur was introduced in 1843 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the white-eyed buzzard as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is a portmanteau of the genus Buteo introduced by Bernard Germain de Lacépède for the buzzards and Astur introduced by Lacépède for the goshawks.[3] The genus now contains four species.[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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B. liventer | Rufous-winged buzzard | southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia. |
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B. rufipennis | Grasshopper buzzard | Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia, migrating south to Sierra Leone, Cameroon, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and northern Tanzania |
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B. teesa | White-eyed buzzard | Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar |
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B. indicus | Grey-faced buzzard | Russia, North China, Korea, Japan, and Philippines |
References
- ↑ Hodgson, Brian Houghton (1843). "Catalogue of Nepâlese birds presented to the Asiatic Society, duly named and classified by the donor, Mr. Hodgson". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12, Part 1 (136): 301–313 [311]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057692.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 349. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108989.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n81/mode/1up.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (August 2022). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/raptors/.
Wikidata ☰ Q852334 entry
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