Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Grasshopper Buzzard (Butastur rufipennis) - HBW 2, p. 167
French: Busautour des sauterelles
German: Heuschreckenteesa
Spanish: Busardo Langostero
Taxonomy: Poliornis rufipennis Sundevall, 1851, Khartoum, Sudan.
Only African member of genus, forming superspecies with Asian B. teesa, B. liventer and B. indicus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E to Ethiopia, migrating S to Sierra Leone, Cameroon, NE Zaire, Kenya and N Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Perched bird Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
mark sutton 6 December 2010 1 year ago 14 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched in a dead tree. Locality Faraba Banta, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 9 January 2003 3 years ago 21 sec 3.6 -
perching and flying away Locality Mandinaba, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 December 2011 19 weeks ago 25 sec 3.5 -
bird flying Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 December 2011 17 weeks ago 28 sec 3.4
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A perched adult.
Locality Faraba Banta, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 5 December 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched in a roadside tree
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 7 March 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Perching on a dead tree
Locality Bouba Ndjida National Park, North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 30 December 2010 25 weeks ago 3.8 -
Perching on a tree near a fire
Locality Bouba Ndjida National Park, North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 30 January 2010 27 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird gliding past overhead
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 8 March 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A perched bird.
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 2 December 2009 1 year ago 2.6
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