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Buzzard

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":

• Long-tailed Honey-buzzard[?] , (Hernicopernis longicauda)
• Black Honey-buzzard[?], (Hernicopernis infuscatus)

• The honey-buzzards, genus Pernis, superficially resemble Buteo buzzards, hence the name, but are specialist feeders on wasp nests and larvae.
  • European or Eurasian Honey Buzzard, (Pernis apivorus)
  • Oriental Honey-buzzard[?], (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
  • Barred Honey-buzzard[?], (Pernis celebensis)

• Black-breasted Buzzard[?], (Hamirostra melanosternon)

• Black-chested Buzzard-eagle[?], (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)

• 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)

• Lizard Buzzard[?], (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)

• Grasshopper Buzzard[?], (Butastur rufipennis)
• White-eyed Buzzard[?], (Butastur teesa)
• Rufous-winged Buzzard[?], (Butastur liventer)
• Grey-faced Buzzard[?], (Butastur indicus)

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