Eastern buzzard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteo |
| Species: | B. japonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Buteo japonicus | |
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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 starting in 2008, but others still treat it as either one or three subspecies. It is native to Mongolia, China, Japan and some offshore islands. At least some birds winter in Southeast Asia. It is similar to the steppe buzzard.
It includes four subspecies:
- B. j. burmanicus: breeds in Siberia, Mongolia, northern China, and North Korea, winters in Southeast Asia
- B. j. japonicus: breeds only in Japan, winters from southern Japan to southeastern China and Taiwan
- B. j. toyoshimai: Izu Islands and Bonin Islands
- B. j. oshiroi: Daito Islands
Eastern buzzard as depicted by a Japanese artist.
References[]
Media related to Buteo japonicus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Buteo japonicus at Wikispecies
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Buteo japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732232A95044430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732232A95044430.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
- 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
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Buteo
- Birds of prey
- Birds of China
- Birds of Japan
- Birds described in 1844