HIMALAYAN BUZZARD

 

1310                 HIMALAYAN BUZZARD                    Buteo burmanicus

NEPAL.             150

Fairly common winter visitor or passage migrant; some may over-winter. Mountain or open country. Rather sluggish, pounces on prey by dropping from vantage point or soaring over open country.

LONG-TAILED BUZZARD

Photographed above Saibai Island, Torres Straits, March 2020.

1306                  LONG-TAILED BUZZARD                  Henicopernis longicauda

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS                790

Also known as Long-tailed Honey-buzzard. Singly or in pairs soars over Forrests, circling and patrolling open corridors beneath canopy; feeds mainly on insects, lizards, and bird’s eggs. Endemic to NG, uncommon resident.

ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Photographed at Lake Joondalup, Western Australia, December 2018

(*   858)                ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD             Pernis ptilorhyncus

AUSTRALIA.                   763

Turns up in a variety of forested habitats, from primary rainforest to open woodlands. 50 cms. Distribution: Oriental region and northeast Asia: northern populations migrate.

ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Subspecies ruficollis, March 2017

(*858)                ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD              Pernis ptilorhynchus

SRI LANKA              102

Also known as Crested Honey-buzzard. Mostly in well wooded areas. 57-60 cm. Fairly rare breeding resident; population much increased by winter migrants.

WHITE-EYED BUZZARD

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

WHITE-EYED BUZZARD               Butastur teesa

NEPAL                  83

Found in dry open country. 43 cm. Fairly common resident, mainly south.

ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016 

(858)              ORIENTAL HONEY-BUZZARD                    Pernis ptilorhychus  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (79)        

Turns up in a variety of forested habitats, from primary rainforest to open woodlands. 50 cms. Distribution: Oriental region and northeast Asia: northern populations migrate; Sundra resident race (with a crest) is uncommon; migratory race is a winter visitor extending into parts of Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara.

BLACK-BREASTED BUZZARD

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

568        BLACK-BREASTED BUZZARD                 Hamirostra melanosternon

Australia               (411)

Also known as Black-breasted Kite. Found in grasslands, sandhills, gibber deserts; timbered watercourses and waterholes;tropical woodlands; sparsely vegetated offshore islands; coasts. Ranges across e. inland Aust., coastal n. and w. Aust; se. Q., s. NSW, s. WA. 51-61 cm; windspan c. 1.5 m; female larger.