A buzzard is a type of bird of prey, in any of several different but related senses:
- A medium-sized wide-ranging raptor with a robust body and broad wings.
- A raptor of the genus Buteo. In the Old World, members of this genus are named as "buzzards", but "hawk" is more common in North America.
- Any raptor which happens to have the word buzzard as part of its name. In the past, the term was often loosely used in North America as a synonym for vulture, particularly the American Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture . This usage is no longer common.
Buteo species
- Common Buzzard, (Buteo buteo)
- Red-tailed Hawk, (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Long-legged Buzzard, (Buteo rufinus)
- Rough-legged Buzzard, (Buteo lagopus)
- Ferruginous Hawk, (Buteo regalis)
- Red-shouldered Hawk, (Buteo lineatus)
- Broad-winged Hawk, (Buteo platypterus )
- Swainson's Hawk, (Buteo swainsoni)
- Roadside Hawk, (Buteo magnirostris)
- Ridgway's Hawk, (Buteo ridgwayi
- White-rumped Hawk, (Buteo leucorrhous)
- Short-tailed Hawk, (Buteo brachyurus)
- White-throated Hawk, (Buteo albigula)
- White-tailed Hawk, (Buteo albicaudatus)
- Galapagos Hawk, (Buteo galapagoensis)
- Red-backed Hawk, (Buteo polyosoma)
- Puna Hawk, (Buteo poecilochrous)
- Zone-tailed Hawk, (Buteo albonotatus )
- Hawaiian Hawk, (Buteo solitarius)
- Rufous-tailed Hawk, (Buteo ventralis)
- Mountain Buzzard, (Buteo oreophilus)
- Madagascar Buzzard, (Buteo brachypterus)
- Upland Buzzard, (Buteo hemilasius)
- Red-necked Buzzard, (Buteo auguralis)
- Augur Buzzard, (Buteo augur)
- Archer's Buzzard, (Buteo archeri)
- Jackal Buzzard, (Buteo rufofuscus)
Species known as "buzzard":
- Long-tailed Honey-buzzard , (Hernicopernis longicauda)
- Black Honey-buzzard, (Hernicopernis infuscatus)
- The honey-buzzards, genus Pernis, superficially resemble Buteo buzzards, hence the name, but are specialist feeders on wasp nests and larvae.
- European or Eurasian Honey Buzzard, (Pernis apivorus)
- Oriental Honey-buzzard, (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
- Barred Honey-buzzard, (Pernis celebensis)
- Black-breasted Buzzard, (Hamirostra melanosternon)
- Black-chested Buzzard-eagle, (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
- Common Buzzard, (Buteo buteo)
- Long-legged Buzzard, (Buteo rufinus)
- Rough-legged Buzzard, (Buteo lagopus)
- Mountain Buzzard, (Buteo oreophilus)
- Madagascar Buzzard, (Buteo brachypterus)
- Upland Buzzard, (Buteo hemilasius)
- Red-necked Buzzard, (Buteo auguralis)
- Augur Buzzard, (Buteo augur)
- Archer's Buzzard, (Buteo archeri)
- Jackal Buzzard, (Buteo rufofuscus)
- Lizard Buzzard, (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)
- Grasshopper Buzzard, (Butastur rufipennis)
- White-eyed Buzzard, (Butastur teesa)
- Rufous-winged Buzzard, (Butastur liventer)
- Grey-faced Buzzard, (Butastur indicus)
