Buzzard is the

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of several species of

birds of prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as (although not the same as) raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively predation, hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and smaller birds). In addition to speed ...

''Buteo'' species

Archer's buzzard Archer's buzzard (''Buteo augur archeri'') is a subspecies of the augur buzzard that is endemic to Somalia. The bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British explorer and colonial official Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer. Taxono ...

(''Buteo archeri'') *

Augur buzzard The augur buzzard (''Buteo augur'') is a fairly large African bird of prey. This species is distinct in typical adult plumage for its blackish back, whitish underside and orange-red tail, while juvenile augur buzzards are generally rather brown i ...

(''Buteo augur'') *

Broad-winged hawk The broad-winged hawk (''Buteo platypterus'') is a medium-sized hawk of the genus '' Buteo''. During the summer, some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to wi ...

(''Buteo platypterus'') *

Common buzzard The common buzzard (''Buteo buteo'') is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. It is a member of the genus '' Buteo'' in the family Accipitridae. The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range across much of ...

(''Buteo buteo'') *

Eastern buzzard The eastern buzzard or Japanese buzzard (''Buteo japonicus'') is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard (''Buteo buteo''). Some scientists treated is as a distinct species starti ...

(''Buteo japonicus'') *

Ferruginous hawk The ferruginous hawk (''Buteo regalis'') is a large bird of prey and belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks. An old colloquial name is ferrugineous rough-leg, due to its similarity to the closely related rough-legged hawk (''B. lagopus''). The ...

(''Buteo regalis'') *

Forest buzzard The forest buzzard (''Buteo trizonatus''), is a species of bird of prey found in Africa, though some authorities have placed it as a subspecies of another species, the mountain buzzard, ''Buteo oreophilus''. This is a resident breeding species in ...

(''Buteo trizonatus'') * Galápagos hawk (''Buteo galapagoensis'') * Grey hawk (''Buteo plagiatus'') * Grey-lined hawk (''Buteo nitidus'') *

Hawaiian hawk The Hawaiian hawk or ''io'' (''Buteo solitarius'') is a raptor in the genus '' Buteo'' endemic to Hawaii, currently restricted to the Big Island. The ''io'' is one of two extant birds of prey that are native to Hawaii, the other being the '' pu ...

(''Buteo solitarius'') *

Jackal buzzard The jackal buzzard (''Buteo rufofuscus'') is a fairly large African bird of prey. The taxonomy of this species has caused some confusion in the past and it almost certainly belongs in a species complex with other African ''Buteo'' species. Some t ...

(''Buteo rufofuscus'') *

Long-legged buzzard The long-legged buzzard (''Buteo rufinus'') is a bird of prey found widely in several parts of Eurasia and in North Africa. This species ranges from Southeastern Europe down to East Africa to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The long ...

(''Buteo rufinus'') *

Madagascar buzzard The Madagascar buzzard (''Buteo brachypterus'') is a bird of prey which is endemic to Madagascar. It is a species from the widespread genus ''Buteo'' in the family ''Accipitridae''. Description The Madagascar buzzard is a typical old-world buzza ...

(''Buteo brachypterus'') *

Mountain buzzard The mountain buzzard (''Buteo oreophilus'') is a bird of prey that lives in montane forests in East Africa, it and the forest buzzard (''Buteo trizonatus'') of southern Africa were, until recently, considered to be a single species. Description ...

(''Buteo oreophilus'') *

Puna hawk The variable hawk (''Geranoaetus polyosoma'') is a polymorphic species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is widespread and often common in open habitats in western and southern South America, including the Falkland Islands. Its taxo ...

(''Buteo poecilochrous'') *

Red-backed hawk The variable hawk (''Geranoaetus polyosoma'') is a polymorphic species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is widespread and often common in open habitats in western and southern South America, including the Falkland Islands. Its taxo ...

(''Buteo polyosoma'') *

Red-necked buzzard The red-necked buzzard (''Buteo auguralis''), also known as the African red-tailed buzzard, is a species of buzzard in the family Accipitridae which is found in western and northern central Africa. Description The red-necked buzzard is a mediu ...

(''Buteo auguralis'') *

Red-shouldered hawk The red-shouldered hawk (''Buteo lineatus'') is a medium-sized buteo. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. It is a permanent resident throughout most of its ...

(''Buteo lineatus'') *

Red-tailed hawk The red-tailed hawk (''Buteo jamaicensis'') is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members of ...

(''Buteo jamaicensis'') *

Ridgway's hawk Ridgway's hawk (''Buteo ridgwayi'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae endemic to the island of Hispaniola (both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. It is classified as Critically Endangered because of habitat destructio ...

(''Buteo ridgwayi'') *

Roadside hawk The roadside hawk (''Rupornis magnirostris'') is a relatively small bird of prey found in the Americas. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is now usually placed in the monotypic genus ''Rup ...

(''Buteo magnirostris'') *

Rough-legged buzzard The rough-legged buzzard (Europe) or rough-legged hawk (North America) (''Buteo lagopus'') is a medium-large bird of prey. It is found in arctic and subarctic regions of North America, Europe, and Asia during the breeding season, and migrates s ...

(''Buteo lagopus'') *

Rufous-tailed hawk The rufous-tailed hawk (''Buteo ventralis'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. The rufous-tailed hawk is found in southern Argentina and Chile, including the entire region of Tierra del Fuego. Its natural habitats are temp ...

(''Buteo ventralis'') * Short-tailed hawk (''Buteo brachyurus'') *

Swainson's hawk Swainson's hawk (''Buteo swainsoni'') is a large bird species in the Accipitriformes order. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist. It is colloquially known as the grasshopper hawk or locust hawk, as it is very fond o ...

(''Buteo swainsoni'') *

Upland buzzard The upland buzzard (''Buteo hemilasius'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. The largest species of the ''Buteo'' genus, this buzzard lives in mountainous grassy and rocky areas in areas of Central Asia, northern South Asia ...

(''Buteo hemilasius'') *

White-rumped hawk The white-rumped hawk (''Parabuteo leucorrhous'') is a species of bird of prey in subfamily Accipitrinae, the "true" hawks, of family Accipitridae.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pach ...

(''Buteo leucorrhous'') *

White-tailed hawk The white-tailed hawk (''Geranoaetus albicaudatus'') is a large bird of prey species found in tropical and subtropical environments of the Americas. Description The white-tailed hawk is a large, stocky hawk. It is similar in size to the Swainso ...

(''Buteo albicaudatus'') * White-throated hawk (''Buteo albigula'') *

Zone-tailed hawk The zone-tailed hawk (''Buteo albonotatus'') is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It is somewhat similar in plumage and flight style to a common scavenger, the turkey vulture, and may benefit from being able to blend into gr ...

(''Buteo albonotatus'')

Other species

* Black-breasted buzzard (''Hamirostra melanosternon'') *

Black-chested buzzard-eagle The black-chested buzzard-eagle (''Geranoaetus melanoleucus'') is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family (biology), family (Accipitridae). It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the black buzzard-eagle, the ...

(''Geranoaetus melanoleucus'') *

Grasshopper buzzard The grasshopper buzzard (''Butastur rufipennis'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found in a narrow zone of sub-Saharan Africa north of the equator. Taxonomy The grasshopper buzzard forms a superspecies with the ...

(''Butastur rufipennis'') *

Grey-faced buzzard The grey-faced buzzard (''Butastur indicus'') is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically in length, making it a small-sized raptor. It breeds in Manchuria, Korea and Japan; it winters in South-east Asia. It is a bird of open land. It eats liza ...

(''Butastur indicus'') * Honey-buzzards, genus '' Pernis'' and ''

Henicopernis ''Henicopernis'' is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae The Accipitridae () is one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable ...

'', superficially resembling ''Buteo'' buzzards are specialist feeders on wasp nests and larvae ** Barred honey buzzard (''Pernis celebensis'') ** Black honey buzzard (''Henicopernis infuscatus'') **

Crested honey buzzard The crested honey buzzard (''Pernis ptilorhynchus'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal Bird of prey, raptors such as kite (bird), kites, eagles, and harrier (bird), harriers. ''Pernis ptilorhynchu ...

(''Pernis ptilorhynchus'') **

European honey buzzard The European honey buzzard (''Pernis apivorus''), also known as the pern or common pern, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Taxonomy The European honey buzzard was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in ...

(''Pernis apivorus'') **

Long-tailed honey buzzard The long-tailed honey buzzard (''Henicopernis longicauda'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List ...

(''Henicopernis longicauda'') *

Lizard buzzard The lizard buzzard (''Kaupifalco monogrammicus''), or lizard hawk, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Kaupifalco''. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its name, it may be more clos ...

(''Kaupifalco monogrammicus'') * Rufous-winged buzzard (''Butastur liventer'') *

White-eyed buzzard The white-eyed buzzard (''Butastur teesa'') is a medium-sized hawk, distinct from the true buzzards in the genus '' Buteo'', found in South Asia. Adults have a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris, and a white throat bearing a dark mesial stripe ...

(''Butastur teesa'') * In parts of the US, the

turkey vulture The turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura'') is the most widespread of the New World vultures. One of three species in the genus '' Cathartes'' of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of Sou ...

(''Cathartes aura'') is colloquially called a "buzzard". {{Animal common name Bird common names Birds of prey Falconry Vultures