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

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An adult bird perched high on a branch. Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 17 February 2011 48 weeks ago 4.3
A perched adult. Locality Faraba Banta, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 5 December 2009 3 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 3 years ago 3.8
Bird on a wire Locality Lower River Division , The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 24 March 2013 5 weeks ago 3.8
A juvenile in a small bush in open scrub land. Locality Juba, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Smoghead 20 weeks ago 3.8
Adult Locality Kaur wetlands, Kaur, Central River Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 10 February 2011 30 weeks ago 3.8
Perching on a dead tree Locality Bouba Ndjida National Park, North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 30 December 2010 1 year ago 3.7
Perching on a tree near a fire Locality Bouba Ndjida National Park, North Province, Cameroon
Marco Valentini 30 January 2010 1 year ago 3.4
A bird gliding past overhead Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 8 March 2009 3 years ago 3
A perched bird. Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 2 December 2009 2 years ago 2.6
An immature bird in a wooded savanna area. Locality Niokolo-Koba National Park, Casamance, Senegal
Hervé MICHEL 1 January 2006 3 years ago 2.1