Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2

Rufous-winged Buzzard (Butastur liventer)

French: Busautour pâle German: Malaienteesa Spanish: Busardo Alirrufo
Other common names: Rufous winged Buzzard Eagle

Taxonomy: Falco liventer Temminck, 1827, Java.
Forms superspecies with B. rufipennis, B. teesa and B. indicus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Burma and SC China (SW Yunnan) S to Indochina and N Malay Peninsula; Java; Sulawesi. Reported occurrence in SE Borneo doubtful; old record of questionable validity from Timor.

  • Least Concern
  •      No sound recordings available yet
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