Rufous-winged Buzzard
Butastur liventer(Temminck, CJ, 1827)
English (US) Rufous-winged Buzzard
The Rufous-winged Buzzard (Butastur liventer) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: savanna and woodland of southeastern Asia, Java, and SulawesiRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Butastur liventer
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-winged Buzzard
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco liventer
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1827)
- Type locality
- Celebes, Sumatra, Java, and India. Type from Java.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.74, vol.1 pl.438,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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