Buzzard

Buzzard is the common name of several species of bird, including:

• In the US, the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), colloquially called a "buzzard" in parts of North America

For other uses, see Buzzard (disambiguation).

Also in Europe, many of the genus Buteo:

Buteo species

• Archer's buzzard (Buteo archeri)
• Augur buzzard (Buteo augur)
• Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus )
• Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
• Eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
• Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis)
• Forest buzzard (Buteo trizonatus)
• Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)
• Grey hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
• Grey-lined hawk (Buteo nitidus)
• Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius)
• Jackal buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)
• Long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
• Madagascar buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
• Mountain buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)
• Puna hawk (Buteo poecilochrous)
• Red-backed hawk (Buteo polyosoma)
• Red-necked buzzard (Buteo auguralis)
• Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
• Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
• Ridgway's hawk (Buteo ridgwayi)
• Roadside hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
• Rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
• Rufous-tailed hawk (Buteo ventralis)
• Short-tailed hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
• Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
• Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)
• White-rumped hawk (Buteo leucorrhous)
• White-tailed hawk (Buteo albicaudatus)
• White-throated hawk (Buteo albigula)
• Zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus )

Other species

• Black-breasted buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon)
• Black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
• Grasshopper buzzard (Butastur rufipennis)
• Grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)
• Honey-buzzards, genus Pernis and Henicopernis, superficially resembling Buteo buzzards are specialist feeders on wasp nests and larvae
  • Barred honey buzzard (Pernis celebensis)
  • Black honey buzzard (Henicopernis infuscatus)
  • Crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
  • European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
  • Long-tailed honey buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda)
• Lizard buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)
• Rufous-winged buzzard (Butastur liventer)
• White-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa)