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Grey-faced buzzard

Butastur indicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) is a species in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. Recorded adults weigh 400.5 g to 433 g and live up to 8.5 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)
Photo: M.Nishimura · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grey-faced buzzard

Weight
400.5 g – 433 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.01 m – 1.1 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
8.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
23.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the grey-faced buzzard?

GREY-FACED BUZZARD · WINGSPAN 1.1 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.1 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the grey-faced buzzard is about 65% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the grey-faced buzzard live?

Not recorded

What is the grey-faced buzzard?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically 41–46 cm (16–18 in) in length, making it a small-sized raptor. It breeds in Manchuria, Korea and Japan; it winters in South-east Asia.

It is a bird of open land. It eats lizards, small mammals and large insects.

The adult has a grey head, breast and neck, white throat, black moustaches and mesial stripes, brown back and upperwings, and brown bars on white underparts and underwings. The juvenile is brown and mottled above, pale below with brown streaks, and has a broad white supercilium and brown face.

From the Wikipedia article “Grey-faced buzzard” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey-faced_buzzard&oldid=1374536611), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the grey-faced buzzard endangered?

The grey-faced buzzard is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the grey-faced buzzard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAccipitriformes
  5. familyAccipitridae
  6. genusButastur
  7. SpeciesButastur indicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Falco indicus, Falco poliogenys

Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • Gray-faced buzzardEnglish
  • Grey-faced buzzard-hawkEnglish
  • حوام رمادي الوجهArabic
  • aligot bruCatalan
  • Aligot caragrísCatalan
  • jestřábec východníCzech
  • bwncath wyneblwydWelsh
  • Gråhovedet VågeDanish
  • AmurteesaGerman
  • AmurbussardGerman
  • Kiefern-TeesaGerman
  • KiefernteesaGerman
  • grizvanga buteoEsperanto
  • Busardo carigrísSpanish
  • Azor de cara grisSpanish
  • hallpea-haugasviuEstonian
  • harmaanaamahaukkaFinnish
  • Busautour à joues grisesFrench
  • prugastotrbi škanjacCroatian
  • bogarászó ölyvHungarian
  • Elang kelabuIndonesian
  • Poiana facciagrigiaItalian
  • Butastore facciagrigiaItalian
  • サシバJapanese
  • サシバ（差羽、鸇）Japanese
  • 왕새매Korean
  • pilkaveidis vanaginis suopisLithuanian
  • varžu klijānsLatvian
  • Саржуу харцгайMongolian
  • Burung Lang Kepala KelabuMalay
  • Lâm-lō͘-engMin Nan Chinese
  • GrijskopbuizerdDutch
  • gråkinnvåkNorwegian
  • myszołap białobrewyPolish
  • bútio-de-cara-cinzentaPortuguese
  • bútio-de-faces-cinzentasPortuguese
  • Ястребиный канюкRussian
  • Ястребиный сарычRussian
  • saryč hrdzavohnedýSlovak
  • Sivoliki mišarSerbian
  • gråkindad vråkSwedish
  • เหยี่ยวหน้าเทาThai
  • Gri Yüzlü ŞahinTurkish
  • канюк яструбинийUkrainian
  • Diều Ấn ĐộVietnamese
  • 灰脸鵟鹰Chinese
  • 灰面鵟鷹Chinese
  • 灰面鷲Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the grey-faced buzzard

Other species in the same genus Butastur.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grey-faced buzzard?

An adult grey-faced buzzard weighs 400.5 g – 433 g and has a wingspan of 1.01 m – 1.1 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey-faced buzzard endangered?

The grey-faced buzzard is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the grey-faced buzzard live?

The grey-faced buzzard has a recorded lifespan of 8.5 years.

What kind of animal is the grey-faced buzzard?

The grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{grey_faced_buzzard_2026,
  title = {Grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-faced-buzzard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}