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Himalayan Buzzard
Buteo refectus Portenko, LA 1935
The Himalayan buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard. It is native to the Himalayas in Nepal, India and adjacent mountains of southern China. Source: Wikipedia
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Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Buteo
Scientific:
Buteo refectus
Classification
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Buteo
Scientific:
Buteo refectus
Original description
Citation:
Portenko, LA 1935
Reference:
Orn. Monatsber.
43 p.152
Protonym:
Buteo japonicus refectus
Link:
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ornithologische-Monatberichte_43_0148-0154.pdf#page=5
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1029A4CAC283D778
Avibase ID:
avibase-1029A4CA
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1029A4CA
Taxonomic Serial Number:
Geographic range:
- Buteo refectus: breeds from the western Himalayas in northern India eastward to montane south-central China (Sichuan and Gansu); winters to southeast Asia
Source: Clements checklist
Himalayan Buzzard
Catalan:
Aligot de l'Himàlaia
Czech:
káně himálajská
Danish:
Himalaya-våge
German:
Tibetbussard
Spanish:
Busardo del Himalaya
Spanish (Spain):
Busardo del Himalaya
Finnish:
himalajanhiirihaukka
French:
Buse de l'Himalaya
Croatian:
himalajski škanjac
Italian:
Poiana dell'Himalaya
Japanese (romaji):
himarayanosuri
Japanese:
ヒマラヤノスリ
Dutch:
Himalayabuizerd
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Himalayavåk
Norwegian:
himalayavåk
Polish:
myszołów himalajski
Portuguese:
bútio-do-himalaia
Portuguese (Portugal):
bútio-dos-himalaias
Russian:
Гималайский канюк
Slovak:
myšiak himalájsky
Serbian:
Himalajski mišar
Swedish:
himalayavråk
Ukrainian:
канюк гімалайський
Chinese:
喜山鵟
Chinese (Traditional):
喜馬拉雅鵟
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2021: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2023: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Buteo buteo burmanicus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Buteo buteo burmanicus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Buteo buteo burmanicus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Buteo buteo burmanicus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Common Buzzard (Himalayan) ( Buteo buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Common Buzzard (Himalayan) ( Buteo buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Common Buzzard (Himalayan) ( Buteo buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Common Buzzard (Himalayan) ( Buteo buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2023: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Buteo burmanicus burmanicus [version 3] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Buteo buteo refectus [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo burmanicus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Himalayan Buzzard ( Buteo refectus) [version 4] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Buteo refectus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Buteo burmanicus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Buteo [refectus or japonicus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Himalaja-jakkalsvoël
Bengali: চভারয়ী চতাফাজ
Bengali (transliteration): himālaẏī tisābāja*
Catalan: Aligot de l'Himàlaia
Czech: káně himálajská
Danish: Himalaya-våge
German: Himalayabussard, Tibetbussard
English: Common Buzzard (Himalayan), Himalayan Buzzard, Himalayan Buzzard (burmanicus)
English, HBW: Himalayan Buzzard
English (IOC): Himalayan Buzzard
English (United States): Himalayan Buzzard
Spanish: Busardo del Himalaya
Spanish (Spain): Busardo del Himalaya
Spanish (HBW): Himalayan Buzzard
Estonian: himaalaja viu
Finnish: himalajanhiirihaukka
French: Buse de Chine occidentale, Buse de l’Himalaya, Buse de l'Himalaya, Buse de l'Himalaya (burmanicus), Buse variable (forme de l'Himalaya), Buse variable (Himalaya)
Croatian: himalajski škanjac
Italian: Poiana dell'Himalaya
Japanese (romaji): himarayanosuri
Japanese: ヒマラヤノスリ
Scientific: Buteo burmanicus, Buteo burmanicus burmanicus, Buteo buteo burmanicus, Buteo buteo refectus, Buteo hodgsoni, Buteo japonicus refectus, Buteo japonicus saturatus, Buteo refectus, Buteo refectus (burmanicus), Buteo refectus [burmanicus], Faclo (sic) buteo japonicus
Latvian: Himalaju klijāns
Nepali: श्येनबाज
Dutch: Himalayabuizerd
Norwegian Nynorsk: Himalayavåk
Norwegian: himalayavåk
Polish: myszołów himalajski
Pinyin: xǐ-shān kuáng
Portuguese: bútio-do-himalaia
Portuguese (Portugal): bútio-dos-himalaias
Russian: Восточноазиатский сарыч, Гималайский канюк
Slovak: myšiak himalájsky
Serbian: Himalajski mišar
Swedish: himalayavråk
Thai: เหยี่ยวทะเลทรายหิมาลัย, เหยี่ยวหิมาลัย
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw hì-maa-lay
Turkish: Himalaya şahini
Tuvinian: Гималай сарызы
Ukrainian: канюк гімалайський
Chinese: 喜山, 喜山鵟
Chinese (Traditional): 喜山鵟, 喜馬拉雅鵟
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