The Himalayan buzzard (''Buteo refectus'') is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

of the widespread

common buzzard The common buzzard (''Buteo buteo'') is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. A member of the genus ''Buteo'', it is a member of the family Accipitridae. The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range across ...

(''Buteo buteo''). It is native to the Himalayas in Nepal, India and adjacent mountains of southern China. It was formerly given the scientific name ''Buteo burmanicus'', but this name is now known to have been previously applied to the migratory mainland Asian subspecies of the

eastern buzzard The eastern buzzard or Japanese buzzard (''Buteo japonicus'') is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard (''Buteo buteo''). Some scientists treated is as a distinct species starti ...

(''B. japonicus burmanicus''), and the Himalayan buzzard was thus renamed ''Buteo refectus''.

References

* Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.6. Downloaded from https://web.archive.org/web/20100821172048/http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2928701 Buteo Birds of prey Birds described in 1935 Birds of Nepal