Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

Description

Medium-sized raptors usually have a length of between 41 – 46 cm. The wings are pointed and narrow; the feathers are thin and appear transparent when flying. the tail is grayish brown with horizontal stripes on the tail, the irises are bright yellow. Juveniles are often less reddish, with dark brown bars on the belly. Also, the face and eye color is Brown with a color buff. Adults are red & brown on the top of the chest while the chest is brown or dark brown.

Population Size

-

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

41 – 46 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Accipitriformes

FAMILY

:

Accipitridae

GENUS

:

Butastur

SPECIES

:

Butastur indicus

Distribution

Its habitat is open forest up to an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : This species breeds in Russia, North China, and Japan, while migration to the south during winter is to Southeast Asia (Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java).

Habits and Lifestyle

This raptor flies very slowly, and likes to hunt from low trees while perching.

Lifestyle

Arboreal, prey

Biome

Open land forest

Climate Zone

Tropical and subtropical

Diet and Nutrition

Raptors are carnivorous animals, usually preying on lizards, rodents, crabs and birds.

Diet : Carnivorous

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.