Grasshopper Buzzard
Butastur rufipennis(Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
English (US) Grasshopper Buzzard
The Grasshopper Buzzard (Butastur rufipennis) 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 grassland of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Butastur rufipennis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Described by
- (Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Poliornis rufipennis
- Described by
- (Sundevall, CJ, 1850)
- Type locality
- Near Khartoum.
- Original description
- Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 7, no.5 p.131
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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