Jackal Buzzard
Buteo rufofuscus(Forster, JR, 1798)
English (US) Jackal Buzzard
The Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) 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 of southern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Buteo rufofuscus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Jackal Buzzard
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1798)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco rufofuscus
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1798)
- Type locality
- South Africa.
- Original description
- F. le Vaillant's Naturgeschichte der Africanischen Vögel mit Anmerkungen von Dr. Johann Reinhold Forster p.59 pl.16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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