Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa) - HBW 2, p. 167
French: Busautour aux yeux blancs
German: Weißaugenteesa
Spanish: Busardo Tisa
Other common names: White-eyed Buzzard Eagle
Taxonomy: Circus Teesa Franklin, 1831, Further India = Ganges and Narmada Rivers.
Forms superspecies with B. rufipennis, B. liventer and B. indicus. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan through India and Nepal to Burma (S to Tenasserim).
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A male flying to a tree, landing directly on the back of a female, copulating, and flying away. The female stays longer (about a Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 1 min 4 sec 4.7 -
A bird on the ground and flying away. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 14 sec 4 -
Brief view of a bird flying. Locality Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 3 years ago 23 sec 2.5
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Resident
Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India
jugal Tiwari 22 May 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
A bird in profile
Locality Bhavani Sagar, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 17 May 2013 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.2 -
A ventral view
Locality Bhavani Sagar, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 17 May 2013 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
A bird drinking water.
Locality Churu District, Rajasthan, India
Vaibhav Mishra 22 May 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
Juvenile White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa) at dawn
Locality Mehsana District, Gujarat, India
Yograj and manjeet jadeja 2 years ago 3.9 -
Bird perching after a recent hunt
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RJanaswamy 12 August 2012 35 weeks ago 3.8
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