Rufous-winged Buzzard

When to see the Rufous-winged Buzzard

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-winged Buzzard

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in India.

About the Rufous-winged Buzzard

The rufous-winged buzzard is an Asian bird of prey. It is a resident breeder of Indochina, Java and Sulawesi. It is a species of deciduous forest and second growth up to 800 m.

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Easily confused with

Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennisThe adult grasshopper buzzard is grey brown above with a darker head and dark shaft streaks on all of its feathers. Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicusThe males and females of the grey faced buzzard are the same in coloration. White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesaThis slim and small hawk is easily identified by its white iris and the white throat and dark mesial stripe.