- English Common Name
- Gray-faced Buzzard
- Scientific name
- Butastur indicus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae
- Size
- About 50 cm
- Species Distribution
- Japan, Korean Peninsula, Eastern China, Nansei Islands, Southern China, Southeast Asia
- Okinawan Common Name
- Taka, Chin-mee
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- It feeds on frogs, lizards, and mice in grasslands, paddy fields and wetlands. This species nests in the forest areas close to places where it can find its food. Concerns for the Butastur indicus population are rising due to the impact of pesticides on its primary food sources (amphibian & reptile) coupled with the impact of deforestation on its typical habitat (pines & broad-leaved vegetation).
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- Updated June 2018
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