Eastern buzzard

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.

Eastern buzzard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. japonicus
Binomial name
Buteo japonicus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Subspecies[2]
  • B. j. japonicus - Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
  • B. j. toyoshimai - Momiyama, 1927
  • B. j. oshiroi - Kuroda, Nagahisa, 1971

It includes three subspecies:

  • B. j. japonicus: Mongolia, China, and Japan
  • B. j. toyoshimai: Izu Islands and Bonin Islands
  • B. j. oshiroi: Daito Islands
Eastern buzzard in Ukishimagahara Nature Park

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Buteo japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
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