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Himalayan buzzard
From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Buteo
Species:	B. refectus
Binomial name
Buteo refectus Portenko, 1935
Synonyms
Buteo burmanicus (Hume, 1875)

The Himalayan buzzard (Buteo refectus) is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard (Buteo buteo). It is native to the Himalayas in Nepal, India and adjacent mountains of southern China.

It was formerly given the scientific name Buteo burmanicus, but this name is now known to have been previously applied to the migratory mainland Asian subspecies of the eastern buzzard (B. japonicus burmanicus), and the Himalayan buzzard was thus renamed Buteo refectus.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Buteo refectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22734099A95074452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734099A95074452.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Dickinson, E.C. & Svensson, L. 2012. A new name for a buzzard from the Himalayas. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 132(3):221
3. James, Anthony H. (1988-01-01). "Geographic variation in the Buzzard Buteo buteo (L.): japonicus-group (Aves: Accipitridae)". Beaufortia. 38 (4): 57–74. ISSN 0067-4745.
4. "A new name for a buzzard from the Himalayas". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
5. "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-07-29.

• Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.6. Downloaded from https://web.archive.org/web/20100821172048/http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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