Tuesday, February 21, 2012

>Buteo brachypterus (Madagascar Buzzard)

Madagascar Buzzard


Madagascar Buzzard
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes
(or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Buteo
Species:B. brachypterus
Binomial name
Buteo brachypterus
Hartlaub, 1860
The Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridaefamily. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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