White-eyed Buzzard
Butastur teesa(Franklin, J, 1831)
English (US) White-eyed Buzzard
The White-eyed Buzzard (Butastur teesa) 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: woodland and plains of southeastern Iran to India, southern Tibet, and MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Butastur teesa
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-eyed Buzzard
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Circus Teesa
- Described by
- (Franklin, J, 1831)
- Type locality
- Further India; restricted to Ganges-Nerbudda (= Narmada) by Stuart Baker, 1928, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 5, p. 104.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.10 p.115
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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