Butastur

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Falconiformes
Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Buteoninae
Genus: Butastur
Species: B. indicus - B. liventer - B. rufipennis - B. teesa

Name

Butastur Hodgson, 1843

Reference

The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12 p.311

Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.

List of species

Common name	Scientific name[1]	IUCN Red List Status	Distribution	Picture
Rufous-winged buzzard	Butastur liventer (Temminck, 1827)	LC IUCN[2]	Indochina, Java and Sulawesi
Grasshopper buzzard	Butastur rufipennis (Sundevall, 1851)	LC IUCN[3]	Sahel ; winters to Sudan (region) and East Africa
White-eyed buzzard	Butastur teesa (Franklin, 1831)	LC IUCN[4]
Grey-faced buzzard	Butastur indicus (Gmelin, 1788)	LC IUCN[5]	Manchuria, Korea and Japan ; winters to Southeast Asia

References

"ITIS Report: Butastur". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur liventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur rufipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur teesa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
BirdLife International (2013). "Butastur indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.