Butastur

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Cladus: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Subclassis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Falconiformes
Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Buteoninae
Genus: Butastur
Species: B. indicus - B. liventer - B. rufipennis - B. teesa

Name

Butastur Hodgson, 1843

Reference

The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12 p.311

Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.

List of species

Common name	Scientific name[1]	IUCN Red List Status	Distribution	Picture
Rufous-winged buzzard	Butastur liventer (Temminck, 1827)	LC IUCN[2]	Indochina, Java and Sulawesi
Grasshopper buzzard	Butastur rufipennis (Sundevall, 1851)	LC IUCN[3]	Sahel ; winters to Sudan (region) and East Africa
White-eyed buzzard	Butastur teesa (Franklin, 1831)	LC IUCN[4]
Grey-faced buzzard	Butastur indicus (Gmelin, 1788)	LC IUCN[5]	Manchuria, Korea and Japan ; winters to Southeast Asia

References

"ITIS Report: Butastur". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur liventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur rufipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
BirdLife International (2012). "Butastur teesa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
BirdLife International (2013). "Butastur indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.