Himalayan Buzzard (Buteo refectus)
About the Himalayan Buzzard
The Himalayan buzzard (Buteo refectus) is a medium to large bird of prey that was formerly considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard (Buteo buteo). It is native to the Himalayas in Nepal, India and adjacent mountains of southern China. It was formerly given the scientific name Buteo burmanicus, but this name is now known to have been previously applied to the migratory mainland Asian subspecies of the eastern buzzard (B. japonicus burmanicus), and the Himalayan buzzard was thus renamed Buteo refectus. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.6. Downloaded from https://web.archive.org/web/20100821172048/http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 7 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in China, India, Nepal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusrecording
- Common BuzzardButeo buteorecording
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidusrecording
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusrecording
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisrecording
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.