Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) - HBW 2, p. 167

French: Busautour à joues grises German: Kiefernteesa Spanish: Busardo Carigrís
Other common names: Frog Hawk

Taxonomy: Falco indicus Gmelin, 1788, Java.
Forms superspecies with B. rufipennis, B. teesa and B. liventer. Monotypic.

Distribution: NE China to Amurland and Ussuriland, Japan and Izu Is. Winters from S & SE China and Taiwan through Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi and islands off NW New Guinea.