Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius) - HBW 2, p. 187

French: Buse de Chine German: Mongolenbussard Spanish: Busardo Mongol
Other common names: Mongolian Buzzard

Taxonomy: Buteo hemilasius Temminck and Schlegel, 1844, Japan.
Forms superspecies with B. rufinus, of which has been considered a race, but ranges overlap without interbreeding. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Siberia and Mongolia E to Manchuria, and S to C China and SE Tibet. Winters in N India (Kashmir to Sikkim), E China and Korea.