Old World

• One of several medium-sized, wide-ranging raptors
  Bird of prey
  Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
  
   with a robust body and broad wings.

• In particular, those in the genus Buteo
  Buteo
  Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in North America...
  
  . In the Old World, members of this genus
  Genus
  In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
  
   are named as "buzzards", but "hawk" is more common in North America
  North America
  North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
  
  .
• Specifically, in Europe, the Common Buzzard
  Common Buzzard
  The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. It is usually resident all year, except in the coldest parts of its range, and in the case of one subspecies.-Description:...
  
  , Buteo buteo, where Buzzard is often used as a synonym.
• Any raptor which has the word buzzard as part of its name.

New World

• A vulture
  New World vulture
  The New World Vulture or Condor family Cathartidae contains seven species in fivegenera, all but one of which are monotypic. It includes five vultures and two condors found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas....
  
  , particularly the American Black Vulture
  American Black Vulture
  The Black Vulture also known as the American Black Vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America...
  
   and Turkey Vulture
  Turkey Vulture
  The Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow...
  
  , or as a general term for vultures.
• In parts of the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   where they are considered pest
  Pest (animal)
  A pest is an animal which is detrimental to humans or human concerns. It is a loosely defined term, often overlapping with the related terms vermin, weeds, parasites and pathogens...
  
  , particularly in rural areas, a derogatory term for certain birds of prey, such as the Chickenhawk
  Chickenhawk (bird)
  In the United States, a Chickenhawk or Chicken Hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks: the Cooper's Hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk and the Red-tailed Hawk. The term Chicken Hawk, however, is inappropriate...
  
   (a common colloquial name referring to either the Cooper's Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Canada to Mexico. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female...
  
  , the Sharp-shinned Hawk
  Sharp-shinned Hawk
  The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a small hawk. In fact, "sharp-shins" or "sharpies" are the smallest to reside in USA and Canada, though some Neotropical species are smaller...
  
   or the Red-tailed Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West...
  
  ), or the Duck hawk (known elsewhere as the Peregrine Falcon
  Peregrine Falcon
  The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
  
  ).

Buteo species

• Common Buzzard
  Common Buzzard
  The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. It is usually resident all year, except in the coldest parts of its range, and in the case of one subspecies.-Description:...
  
   (Buteo buteo)
• Red-tailed Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West...
  
   (Buteo jamaicensis)
• Long-legged Buzzard
  Long-legged Buzzard
  The Long-legged Buzzard is a bird of prey.-Description:It is similar in appearance to the Rough-legged Buzzard , but larger and more robust. There are many different colour forms, but usually Long-leggeds have a clear orange tint to the plumage, red or orange tail, pale head and largely white...
  
   (Buteo rufinus)
• Rough-legged Buzzard
  Rough-legged Buzzard
  The Rough-legged Buzzard , called the Rough-legged Hawk in North America, is a medium-large bird of prey. It is found in Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Eurasia during the breeding season and migrates south for the winter.The species exhibits a wide variety of plumage patterns...
  
   (Buteo lagopus)
• Ferruginous Hawk
  Ferruginous Hawk
  The Ferruginous Hawk , Buteo regalis , is a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe...
  
   (Buteo regalis)
• Red-shouldered Hawk
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  The Red-shouldered Hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico.-Description:...
  
   (Buteo lineatus)
• Broad-winged Hawk
  Broad-winged Hawk
  The Broad-winged Hawk is a small hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the neotropics from Mexico down to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year...
  
   (Buteo platypterus )
• Swainson's Hawk
  Swainson's Hawk
  The Swainson's Hawk , is a large buteo hawk of the Falconiformes, sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes like its relatives. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist...
  
   (Buteo swainsoni)
• Roadside Hawk
  Roadside Hawk
  The Roadside Hawk is a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.-Description:The Roadside Hawk is long and weighs...
  
   (Buteo magnirostris)
• Ridgway's Hawk
  Ridgway's Hawk
  Ridgway's Hawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures...
  
   (Buteo ridgwayi)
• White-rumped Hawk
  White-rumped Hawk
  The White-rumped Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   (Buteo leucorrhous)
• Short-tailed Hawk
  Short-tailed Hawk
  The Short-tailed Hawk is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures. As a member of the genus Buteo, it is not a true hawk and thus also referred to as a "buteo" or "buzzard". The White-throated Hawk The Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo...
  
   (Buteo brachyurus)
• White-throated Hawk
  White-throated Hawk
  The White-throated Hawk, Buteo albigula, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. In British usage it would be called a buzzard rather than a true hawk....
  
   (Buteo albigula)
• White-tailed Hawk
  White-tailed Hawk
  The White-tailed Hawk is a large bird of prey species found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas.-Description:...
  
   (Buteo albicaudatus)
• Galápagos Hawk
  Galápagos Hawk
  The Galapagos Hawk is a large hawk endemic to the Galapagos Islands.-Physical description:Similar in size to the Red-tailed Hawk and the Swainson's Hawk of North America, the Galapagos Hawk is about 55 cm from beak to tail with a wingspan of 120 cm...
  
   (Buteo galapagoensis)
• Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma)
• Puna Hawk (Buteo poecilochrous)
• Gray Hawk
  Gray Hawk
  The Grey Hawk or Grey-lined Hawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida....
  
   (Buteo nitidus)
• Zone-tailed Hawk
  Zone-tailed Hawk
  The Zone-tailed Hawk is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It feeds on small vertebrates of all kinds , including birds up to the size of quail....
  
   (Buteo albonotatus )
• Hawaiian Hawk
  Hawaiian Hawk
  The Hawaiian Hawk or Io, Buteo solitarius, is a raptor of the Buteo genus endemic to Hawaii. Buteos tend to be easily recognized by their bulky bodies relative to their overall length and wingspan. The Io is the only hawk that is native to Hawaii, and fossil evidence indicates that it inhabited...
  
   (Buteo solitarius)
• Rufous-tailed Hawk
  Rufous-tailed Hawk
  The Rufous-tailed Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.The Rufous-tailed Hawk is found in southern Argentina and Chile, including the entire region of Tierra del Fuego....
  
   (Buteo ventralis)
• Mountain Buzzard
  Mountain Buzzard
  The Mountain Buzzard is a bird of prey that lives in montane forests in East Africa and forests and plantations in South Africa. The latter population is sometimes considered a separate species, the Forest Buzzard The Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus) is a bird of prey that lives in montane...
  
   (Buteo oreophilus)
• Madagascar Buzzard
  Madagascar Buzzard
  The Madagascar Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   (Buteo brachypterus)
• Upland Buzzard
  Upland Buzzard
  The Upland Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.-Description:This is the largest buzzard, though it is equaled in size by the North American Ferruginous Hawk. The total length is 57-67 cm and wingspan is 143-161 cm . Weight is about 1350 grams on average. with both...
  
   (Buteo hemilasius)
• Red-necked Buzzard
  Red-necked Buzzard
  The Red-necked Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,...
  
   (Buteo auguralis)
• Augur Buzzard
  Jackal Buzzard
  The Jackal Buzzard is a 45–55 cm long African bird of prey. The taxonomy on this species is confusing, with some taxonomists considering this species, the Archer's Buzzard, and the Augur Buzzard to be the same superspecies. Many taxonomists consider them all to be distinct, having different...
  
  , Buteo augur
• Archer's Buzzard
  Jackal Buzzard
  The Jackal Buzzard is a 45–55 cm long African bird of prey. The taxonomy on this species is confusing, with some taxonomists considering this species, the Archer's Buzzard, and the Augur Buzzard to be the same superspecies. Many taxonomists consider them all to be distinct, having different...
  
  , Buteo archeri
• Jackal Buzzard
  Jackal Buzzard
  The Jackal Buzzard is a 45–55 cm long African bird of prey. The taxonomy on this species is confusing, with some taxonomists considering this species, the Archer's Buzzard, and the Augur Buzzard to be the same superspecies. Many taxonomists consider them all to be distinct, having different...
  
   (Buteo rufofuscus)

Other species known as "buzzard"

• Long-tailed Honey-buzzard
  Long-tailed Honey-buzzard
  The Long-tailed Honey Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
  
   (Henicopernis longicauda)
• Black Honey-buzzard
  Black Honey-buzzard
  The Black Honey Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  
   (Henicopernis infuscatus)
• Black-breasted Buzzard
  Black-breasted Buzzard
  The Black-breasted Buzzard , or Black-breasted Kite, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae and the monotypic genus Hamirostra...
  
   (Hamirostra melanosternon)
• Lizard Buzzard
  Lizard Buzzard
  The Lizard Buzzard is a bird of prey. It belongs to the family Accipitridae. Despite its name, it may be more closely related to the Accipiter hawks than the Buteo buzzards....
  
   (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)
• Grasshopper Buzzard
  Grasshopper Buzzard
  The Grasshopper Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali,...
  
   (Butastur rufipennis)
• White-eyed Buzzard
  White-eyed Buzzard
  The White-eyed Buzzard is a medium sized hawk, unrelated to the true buzzards of the genus Buteo, found in South Asia. Adults are characteristic, having a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris and a white throat with a contrasting mesial stripe and bordered by dark moustachial stripes. The head is...
  
   (Butastur teesa)
• Rufous-winged Buzzard
  Rufous-winged Buzzard
  The Rufous-winged Buzzard is an Asian bird of prey. It is a resident breeder in southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia. It is a species of deciduous forest and second growth up to 800 m....
  
   (Butastur liventer)
• Grey-faced Buzzard
  Grey-faced Buzzard
  The Grey-faced Buzzard is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically between 41 and 46 cm in length, making it a medium-sized raptor. It breeds in East Russia, North China, Korea, and Japan, and winters in South-east Asia....
  
   (Butastur indicus)
• Black-chested Buzzard-eagle
  Black-chested Buzzard-eagle
  The Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family . It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the Black Buzzard-eagle, Grey Buzzard-eagle or analogously with "eagle" or "eagle-buzzard" replacing "buzzard-eagle", or as the Chilean Blue Eagle...
  
   (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
• The honey-buzzards, genus Pernis, superficially resemble Buteo buzzards, hence the name, but are specialist feeders on wasp
  Wasp
  The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...
  
   nests and larva
  Larva
  A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
  
  e.
  • European or Eurasian Honey Buzzard
    Honey Buzzard
    The European Honey Buzzard , is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers....
    
     (Pernis apivorus)
  • Oriental Honey Buzzard
    Oriental Honey Buzzard
    The Crested Honey Buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers...
    
     (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
  • Barred Honey-buzzard
    Barred Honey-buzzard
    The Barred Honey Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
    
    (Pernis celebensis)

External links

• Buzzard videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Pictures of Buteos, Buzzards and other hawk photo