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• A medium-sized wide-ranging raptor with a robust body and broad wings.
• A raptor of the genus Buteo. In the Old World, members of this genus are named as "buzzards", but "hawk" is more common in North America.
• Any raptor which happens to have the word buzzard as part of its name. In the past, the term was often loosely used in North America as a synonym for vulture, particularly the American Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture . This usage is no longer common.

1 Buteo species

• Common Buzzard, (Buteo buteo)
• Red-tailed Hawk, (Buteo jamaicensis)
• Long-legged Buzzard, (Buteo rufinus)
• Rough-legged Buzzard, (Buteo lagopus)
• Ferruginous Hawk, (Buteo regalis)
• Red-shouldered Hawk, (Buteo lineatus)
• Broad-winged Hawk, (Buteo platypterus )
• Swainson's Hawk, (Buteo swainsoni)
• Roadside Hawk , (Buteo magnirostris)
• Ridgway's Hawk, (Buteo ridgwayi)
• White-rumped Hawk , (Buteo leucorrhous)
• Short-tailed Hawk, (Buteo brachyurus)
• White-throated HawkShort-tailed Hawk : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Accipitridae Buteo albigula Binomial name Buteo albigula Philippi, 1899 The White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which includes the eagles, hawks, (Buteo albigula)
• White-tailed Hawk , (Buteo albicaudatus)
• Galapagos Hawk , (Buteo galapagoensis)
• Red-backed Hawk , (Buteo polyosoma)
• Puna Hawk , (Buteo poecilochrous)
• Zone-tailed HawkZone-tailed Hawk Photo by Michael G. Shepard http://www. com : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Accipitridae : Buteo albonotatus Binomial name ''Buteo albonotatus Kaup, 1847 The Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus is a medium-sized hawk of warm, (Buteo albonotatus )
• Hawaiian Hawk , (Buteo solitarius)
• Rufous-tailed Hawk , (Buteo ventralis)
• Mountain Buzzard , (Buteo oreophilus)
• Madagascar Buzzard , (Buteo brachypterus)
• Upland Buzzard , (Buteo hemilasius)
• Red-necked Buzzard , (Buteo auguralis)
• Augur Buzzard , (Buteo augur)
• Archer's Buzzard , (Buteo archeri)
• Jackal Buzzard , (Buteo rufofuscus)

2 Other species known as "buzzard":

• Long-tailed Honey-buzzard , (Hernicopernis longicauda)
• Black Honey-buzzard , (Hernicopernis infuscatus)

• The honey-buzzards, genus Pernis, superficially resemble Buteo buzzards, hence the name, but are specialist feeders on wasp nests and larvae.
  • European or Eurasian Honey BuzzardThe Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. Despite its name, this species is not related to the true buzzards in the genus Buteo and is, (Pernis apivorus)
  • Oriental Honey BuzzardOriental Honey Buzzard : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Falconiformes : Accipitridae Pernis ptilorhynchus Binomial name ''Pernis ptilorhynchus Temminck, 1821 The Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which, (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
  • Barred Honey-buzzard , (Pernis celebensis)

• Black-breasted Buzzard , (Hamirostra melanosternon)

• Black-chested Buzzard-eagle , (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)

• Lizard BuzzardLizard Buzzard : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Accipitridae Kaupifalco monogrammicus Binomial name Kaupifalco monogrammicus ( Temminck, 1824) The Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus is a bird of prey. It belongs to the family Accipitr, (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)

• Grasshopper Buzzard , (Butastur rufipennis)
• White-eyed Buzzard , (Butastur teesa)
• Rufous-winged Buzzard , (Butastur liventer)
• Grey-faced Buzzard , (Butastur indicus)