Himalayan buzzard

The Himalayan buzzard (Buteo refectus)^[2] 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.

Himalayan buzzard
From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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)

Buteo refectus (Dali Falconer Education and Raptor Conservation Centre)

Buteo refectus (Dali Falconer Education and Raptor Conservation Centre)

Buteo refectus (Dali Falconer Education and Raptor Conservation Centre)

Buteo refectus (Dali Falconer Education and Raptor Conservation Centre)

At Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary

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.^[3][4][5]