Jackal Buzzard

Jackal Buzzard / Buteo rufofuscus

Jackal Buzzard

Here the details of the Jackal Buzzard named bird below:

SCI Name:  Buteo rufofuscus
Protonym:  Falco rufofuscus Naturgesch.Afr.Vog.[Levaillant] p.59 pl.16
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae /
Taxonomy Code:  jacbuz1
Type Locality:  South Africa.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1798
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

BUTEO
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Common Buzzard B. buteo) Specific name Falco buteo Linnaeus, 1758. "BUSE, Buteo.  Bec, tête et base du bec des Éperviers; ailes des Aigles; tarse gros et court." (de Lacépède 1799); "Buteo Lacépède, Tabl. Ois., 1799, p. 4. Type, by tautonymy, Falco buteo Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 228).
Var. BateoBiteo.
Synon. AmplibuteoArchibuteo, Asturina, Asturisca, Brewsteria, Butaetes, Butaquila, Buteaetos, Buteola, Buthierax, Cerchne, Circobuteo, Coryornis, Craxirex, Dromolestes, Hemiaetus, Limnaetus, Limnosalus, Onychotes, Poecilopternis, Praedo, Pterolestes, Triorchis.

buteo
L. buteo, buteonis  buzzard; "41. FALCO.  ...  Buteo.  14. F. cera pedibusque luteis, corpore fusco, abdomine pallido maculis fuscis.  Buteo vulgaris. Gesn. av. 46. Will. ornith. 38. t. 6. Raj. av. 16.  Buteo. Alb. av. I. p. 1. t. 1.  Habitat in Europa, Cuniculis & Bufonibus infestus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Buteo).

rufofusca / rufofuscum / rufofuscus
L. rufus  rufous; fuscus  brown, dusky.
● ex “Rounoir” of Levaillant 1797, pl. 16 < French homophone roux red; noir black (Buteo).