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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Butastur indicus
- taxon name
- Butastur indicus
- taxon common name
- bútio-de-faces-cinzentas
- wingspan
- 105.5
- litter size
- 2.8
- egg incubation period
- 30
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
- short name
- B. indicus
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Encyclopedic overview
The grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically 41–46 cm (16–18 in) in length, making it a small-sized raptor. It breeds in Manchuria, Korea and Japan; it winters in South-east Asia.
It is a bird of open land. It eats lizards, small mammals and large insects.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grey-faced Buzzard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.