A
buzzard is a type of
bird of prey, in any of several different but related senses:
- A medium-sized wide-ranging raptor with a robust body and broad wings.
- A raptor of the genus Buteo. In the Old World, members of this genus are named as "buzzards", but "hawk" is more common in North America.
- Any raptor which happens to have the word buzzard as part of its name. In the past, the term was often loosely used in North America as a synonym for vulture, particularly the American Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture . This usage is no longer common.
Buteo species
- Common Buzzard, (Buteo buteo)
- Red-tailed Hawk[?], (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Long-legged Buzzard[?], (Buteo rufinus)
- Rough-legged Buzzard[?], (Buteo lagopus)
- Ferruginous Hawk[?], (Buteo regalis)
- Red-shouldered Hawk[?], (Buteo lineatus)
- Broad-winged Hawk[?], (Buteo platypterus )
- Swainson's Hawk[?], (Buteo swainsoni)
- Roadside Hawk[?], (Buteo magnirostris)
- Ridgway's Hawk[?], (Buteo ridgwayi
- White-rumped Hawk[?], (Buteo leucorrhous)
- Short-tailed Hawk[?], (Buteo brachyurus)
- White-throated Hawk[?], (Buteo albigula)
- White-tailed Hawk[?], (Buteo albicaudatus)
- Galapagos Hawk[?], (Buteo galapagoensis)
- Red-backed Hawk[?], (Buteo polyosoma)
- Puna Hawk[?], (Buteo poecilochrous)
- Zone-tailed Hawk[?], (Buteo albonotatus )
- Hawaiian Hawk[?], (Buteo solitarius)
- Rufous-tailed Hawk[?], (Buteo ventralis)
- Mountain Buzzard[?], (Buteo oreophilus)
- Madagascar Buzzard[?], (Buteo brachypterus)
- Upland Buzzard[?], (Buteo hemilasius)
- Red-necked Buzzard[?], (Buteo auguralis)
- Augur Buzzard[?], (Buteo augur)
- Archer's Buzzard[?], (Buteo archeri)
- Jackal Buzzard[?], (Buteo rufofuscus)
Species known as "buzzard":
- The honey-buzzards, genus Pernis, superficially resemble Buteo buzzards, hence the name, but are specialist feeders on wasp nests and larvae.
- Common Buzzard, (Buteo buteo)
- Long-legged Buzzard[?], (Buteo rufinus)
- Rough-legged Buzzard[?], (Buteo lagopus)
- Mountain Buzzard[?], (Buteo oreophilus)
- Madagascar Buzzard[?], (Buteo brachypterus)
- Upland Buzzard[?], (Buteo hemilasius)
- Red-necked Buzzard[?], (Buteo auguralis)
- Augur Buzzard[?], (Buteo augur)
- Archer's Buzzard[?], (Buteo archeri)
- Jackal Buzzard[?], (Buteo rufofuscus)
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