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Butastur
Sign in to saveButastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
Observations recorded108,777
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Collections
- CUMV, OS
- Recorded in
- India, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Accipitridae
- Image
- Butastur indicus.jpg
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- Category:Butastur
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- Butastur
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- Butastur
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy and species
- References
Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
==Taxonomy and species== The genus Butastur was introduced in 1843 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the white-eyed buzzard as the type species. The genus name is a portmanteau of the genus Buteo introduced by Bernard Germain de Lacépède for the buzzards and Astur introduced by Lacépède for the goshawks. The genus now contains four species.
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