Buzzard is the
common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...
of several species of
birds of prey.
''Buteo'' species
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Archer's buzzard (''Buteo archeri'')
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Augur buzzard (''Buteo augur'')
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Broad-winged hawk (''Buteo platypterus'')
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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'')
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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 ...
(''Buteo japonicus'')
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Ferruginous hawk (''Buteo regalis'')
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Forest buzzard (''Buteo trizonatus'')
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Galápagos hawk
The Galápagos hawk (''Buteo galapagoensis'') is a large hawk endemic to most of the Galápagos Islands.
Description
The Galapágos hawk is similar in size to the red-tailed hawk (''Buteo jamaicensis'') and the Swainson's hawk (''Buteo swainso ...
(''Buteo galapagoensis'')
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Grey hawk (''Buteo plagiatus'')
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Grey-lined hawk
The gray-lined hawk (''Buteo nitidus'') is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus ''Asturina'' as ''Asturina nitida''. The species has been split by the American Ornithological Society from t ...
(''Buteo nitidus'')
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Hawaiian hawk (''Buteo solitarius'')
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Jackal buzzard (''Buteo rufofuscus'')
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Long-legged buzzard (''Buteo rufinus'')
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Madagascar buzzard (''Buteo brachypterus'')
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Mountain buzzard (''Buteo oreophilus'')
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Puna hawk (''Buteo poecilochrous'')
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Red-backed hawk (''Buteo polyosoma'')
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Red-necked buzzard (''Buteo auguralis'')
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Red-shouldered hawk (''Buteo lineatus'')
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Red-tailed hawk (''Buteo jamaicensis'')
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Ridgway's hawk (''Buteo ridgwayi'')
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Roadside hawk (''Buteo magnirostris'')
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Rough-legged buzzard (''Buteo lagopus'')
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Rufous-tailed hawk (''Buteo ventralis'')
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Short-tailed hawk
The short-tailed hawk (''Buteo brachyurus'') is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures. As a member of the genus ''Buteo'', it is not a true hawk and thus also referred to as a ...
(''Buteo brachyurus'')
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Swainson's hawk (''Buteo swainsoni'')
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Upland buzzard (''Buteo hemilasius'')
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White-rumped hawk
The white-rumped hawk (''Parabuteo leucorrhous'') is a species of bird of prey in subfamily Accipitrinae, the "true" hawks, of family Accipitridae.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pac ...
(''Buteo leucorrhous'')
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White-tailed hawk (''Buteo albicaudatus'')
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White-throated hawk
The white-throated hawk (''Buteo albigula'') is a bird of prey in subfamily Accipitrinae, the "true" hawks, of family Accipitridae.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Rob ...
(''Buteo albigula'')
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Zone-tailed hawk
The zone-tailed hawk (''Buteo albonotatus'') is a medium-sized buzzard, hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It is somewhat similar in plumage and flight style to a common scavenger, the turkey vulture, and may benefit from being able to blen ...
(''Buteo albonotatus'')
Other species
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Black-breasted buzzard (''Hamirostra melanosternon'')
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Black-chested buzzard-eagle
The black-chested buzzard-eagle (''Geranoaetus melanoleucus'') is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (Accipitridae). It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the black buzzard-eagle, the gray buzzard-eag ...
(''Geranoaetus melanoleucus'')
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Grasshopper buzzard
The grasshopper buzzard (''Butastur rufipennis'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found in a narrow zone of sub-Saharan Africa north of the equator.
Taxonomy
The grasshopper buzzard forms a superspecies with th ...
(''Butastur rufipennis'')
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Grey-faced buzzard
The grey-faced buzzard (''Butastur indicus'') is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically in length, making it a small-sized raptor. It breeds in Manchuria, Korea and Japan; it winters in South-east Asia.
It is a bird of open land. It eats liza ...
(''Butastur indicus'')
* Honey-buzzards, genus ''
Pernis'' and ''
Henicopernis
''Henicopernis'' is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Species
It contains the following species:
Both species are endemic to New Guinea. Genetic research has found that they are closely related to the Australian endemic squa ...
'', superficially resembling ''Buteo'' buzzards are specialist feeders on wasp nests and larvae
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Barred honey buzzard
The barred honey buzzard or Sulawesi honey buzzard (''Pernis celebensis'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
It inhabits subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the sl ...
(''Pernis celebensis'')
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Black honey buzzard
The black honey-buzzard (''Henicopernis infuscatus''), also commonly known as the New Britain Honey-Buzzard, is a large raptor of the family Accipitridae. Standing at around tall, the adult black honey-buzzard has a dark head and body, with stri ...
(''Henicopernis infuscatus'')
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Crested honey buzzard
The crested honey buzzard (''Pernis ptilorhynchus'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers. ''Pernis ptilorhynchus'' has 6 subspecies. The size ranges b ...
(''Pernis ptilorhynchus'')
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European honey buzzard (''Pernis apivorus'')
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Long-tailed honey buzzard
The long-tailed honey buzzard (''Henicopernis longicauda'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
It is found in New Guinea and some neighboring island groups.Raja Ampat, Aru, Biak, and Yapen groups. Its natural habitats are subtropic ...
(''Henicopernis longicauda'')
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Lizard buzzard
The lizard buzzard (''Kaupifalco monogrammicus'') or lizard hawk, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its name, it may be more closely related to the ''Accipiter'' hawks than the ''Buteo'' bu ...
(''Kaupifalco monogrammicus'')
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Rufous-winged buzzard
The rufous-winged buzzard (''Butastur liventer'') is an Asian bird of prey. It is a resident breeder of Indochina, Java and Sulawesi. It is a species of deciduous forest and second growth up to 800 m.
The adult rufous-winged buzzard is 38–43& ...
(''Butastur liventer'')
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White-eyed buzzard
The white-eyed buzzard (''Butastur teesa'') is a medium-sized hawk, distinct from the true buzzards in the genus ''Buteo'', found in South Asia. Adults have a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris, and a white throat bearing a dark mesial stripe ...
(''Butastur teesa'')
* In parts of the US, the
turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura'') is colloquially called a "buzzard".
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