Rufous-winged Buzzard
A species of Butastur Buzzards Scientific name : Butastur liventer Genus : Butastur Buzzards
Rufous-winged Buzzard, A species of Butastur Buzzards
Botanical name: Butastur liventer
Genus: Butastur Buzzards
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Description
The rufous-winged buzzard (Butastur liventer) 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. The adult rufous-winged buzzard is 38–43 cm long. It has a grey head and underparts, with some streaking on the crown, neck and breast. The rest of the upperparts are rufous grey, and the uppertail is bright rufous. In flight, from above it shows rufous-chestnut flight feathers and the rufous uppertail, and from below it has a grey body, white underwing coverts, and greyish flight feathers and undertail. The juvenile is duller and browner, with a brown-grey head and white supercilium. This species is similar in size and shape to the migratory grey-faced buzzard, but that species has browner upperparts and tail, a white throat, and brown-barred white belly. The rufous-winged buzzard eats lizards, small mammals and large insects. Its call is a shrill pit-piu. 
Size
41 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Rufous-winged Buzzard primarily consumes small mammals, reptiles including snakes and lizards, frogs, crabs, and large insects. It hunts by perching conspicuously and making short flights to the ground to snatch prey, occasionally catching prey mid-air. Rufous-winged Buzzard also exhibits soaring behavior during hunting.
Habitat
The habitat of rufous-winged Buzzard encompasses open terrains such as dry dipterocarp woodlands, wooded savannas, and scrublands, often contiguous with rivers, agricultural areas like rice paddies, and swampy lowland plains. They adapt well to human-altered landscapes, which include the outskirts of towns and villages.
Dite type
Carnivorous
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Feeding Habits
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Photo By Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij 
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