Socotra Buzzard
Buteo socotraensisPorter, RF; Kirwan, GM, 2010
English (US) Socotra Buzzard
The Socotra Buzzard (Buteo socotraensis) 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: Socotra (off eastern Somalia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Buteo socotraensis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Socotra Buzzard
- Described by
- Porter, RF; Kirwan, GM, 2010
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Porter, RF; Kirwan, GM, 2010
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 130, no.2 p.119 [116-131]
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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