Grasshopper buzzard

Grasshopper buzzard
in Kibale forest National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Butastur
Species:
B. rufipennis
Binomial name
Butastur rufipennis
(Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Buteo rufipennis Sundevall, 1850 protonym
Grasshopper buzzard in The Gambia, West Africa

The grasshopper buzzard (Butastur rufipennis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found in a narrow zone of sub-Saharan Africa north of the equator.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Butastur rufipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695714A93524818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695714A93524818.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.