Eastern buzzard

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Eastern buzzard
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. japonicus
Binomial name
Buteo japonicus
Subspecies [2]
  • B. j. burmanicus - Hume, 1875
  • B. j. japonicus - Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
  • B. j. toyoshimai - Momiyama, 1927
  • B. j. oshiroi - Kuroda, Nagahisa, 1971

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 is carnivorous. [3]

It includes four subspecies:

Eastern buzzard as depicted by a Japanese artist. Buteo vulgaris japonicus Fauna Japonica.jpg
Eastern buzzard as depicted by a Japanese artist.

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References

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