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title: "White-eyed Buzzard"
description: "Butastur teesa — Uccelli. The white-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa) is a medium-sized hawk, distinct from the true buzzards in the genus Buteo, found in South Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-eyed-buzzard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-eyed Buzzard

> Butastur teesa — Uccelli. The white-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa) is a medium-sized hawk, distinct from the true buzzards in the genus Buteo, found in South Asia.

- Scientific name: *Butastur teesa*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1404
- Wikidata: [Q1268375](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268375)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5375](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5375)

## Names

- en: White-eyed Buzzard
- de: Weißaugenteesa
- es: Busardo tisa
- fr: Busautour aux yeux blancs
- nl: Witoogbuizerd
- pt: Bútio-de-olhos-brancos
- pl: Myszołap białooki

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1190), NP (30), PK (13), BD (6), MM (3), TH (3)

## Summary

The white-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa) is a medium-sized hawk, distinct from the true buzzards in the genus Buteo, found in South Asia. Adults have a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris, and a white throat bearing a dark mesial stripe bordered. The head is brown and the median coverts of the upper wing are pale. They lack the typical carpal patches on the underside of the wings seen in true buzzards, but the entire wing lining appears dark in contrast to the flight feathers. They sit upright on perches for prolonged periods and soar on thermals in search of insect and small vertebrate prey. They are vociferous…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-eyed_buzzard

## Photo

![White-eyed Buzzard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-eyed-buzzard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263499134

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-eyed-buzzard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).