The Himalayan buzzard (''Buteo refectus'') is a medium to large

bird of prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). In addition to speed and strength, these predat ...

that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard (''Buteo buteo''). It is native to the Himalayas in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

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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 (''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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