buzzard

From Middle English bosart, from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French busart, busard, a derivative ( + -ard) of Old French buison, buson (French buse), possibly from Latin būteō (“hawk”).

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.


buteo

From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.

In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles.

1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:

Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.


chickenhawk

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪnˌhɔk/

From chicken + hawk. The political sense is derived from figurative meanings of "chicken" (coward) and "hawk" (militarist).

(US politics, derogatory) A draft dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements.

knapenschenner

adult man who seeks out boys as his sexual partners


red-tailed hawk

en-noun

red-tailed hawk (plural red-tailed hawks)

Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo jamaicensis#Translingual

Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.


common buzzard

The common buzzard often spots prey by waiting on a prominent perch and scanning the ground for movement.

2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, International Wildlife Encyclopedia:


zone-tailed hawk

zone-tailed hawk (plural zone-tailed hawks)

Buteo albonotatus
Buteo albonotatus#Translingual

(Buteo albonotatus), a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas


white-throated hawk

white-throated hawk (plural white-throated hawks)

Buteo albigula
Buteo albigula#Translingual

Buteo albigula, a species of hawk living in the Andes mountains of South America


white-tailed hawk

white-tailed hawk (plural white-tailed hawks)

Buteo albicaudatus
Buteo albicaudatus#Translingual

Buteo albicaudatus, a species of hawk found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas


jackal buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus
Buteo rufofuscus#Translingual

(Buteo rufofuscus), an African bird of prey with three main subspecies


red-backed hawk

red-backed hawk (plural red-backed hawks)

Buteo polyosoma
Buteo polyosoma#Translingual


red-necked buzzard

red-necked buzzard (plural red-necked buzzards)

Buteo auguralis
Buteo auguralis#Translingual

Buteo auguralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in Africa


white-rumped hawk

white-rumped hawk (plural white-rumped hawks)

Buteo leucorrhous
Buteo leucorrhous#Translingual

Buteo leucorrhous, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in South America.


Madagascar buzzard

Madagascar buzzard (plural Madagascar buzzards)

Buteo brachypterus
Buteo brachypterus#Translingual

Buteo brachypterus, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family endemic to Madagascar.

Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ atsáłchííʼ


short-tailed hawk

short-tailed hawk (plural short-tailed hawks)

Buteo brachyurus
Buteo brachyurus#Translingual

(Buteo brachyurus), an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae


red-shouldered hawk

red-shouldered hawk (plural red-shouldered hawks)

Buteo lineatus
Buteo lineatus#Translingual

A medium-sized hawk native to North America, of species Buteo lineatus.


ferruginous hawk

ferruginous hawk (plural ferruginous hawks)

Buteo regalis
Buteo regalis#Translingual

Buteo regalis, a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-tailed buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe


Hawaiian hawk

Buteo solitarius
Buteo solitarius#Translingual

Buteo solitarius, a raptor of the Buteo genus endemic to Hawaiʻi.

Kéyah Ałkééʼ Naaznilgo Dah Ndaaʼeełídę́ę́ʼ atsáłchííʼ


mountain buzzard

mountain buzzard (plural mountain buzzards)

Buteo oreophilus
Buteo oreophilus#Translingual

Buteo oreophilus, a bird of prey endemic to East Africa.


broad-winged hawk

broad-winged hawk (plural broad-winged hawks)

Buteo platypterus
Buteo platypterus#Translingual

Buteo platypterus, a small hawk of the Buteo genus.


long-legged buzzard

long-legged buzzard (plural long-legged buzzards)

Buteo rufinus
Buteo rufinus#Translingual

Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.


roadside hawk

Buteo magnirostris
Buteo magnirostris#Translingual

Buteo magnirostris, a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America


rough-legged buzzard

rough-legged buzzard (plural rough-legged buzzards)

Buteo lagopus
Buteo lagopus#Translingual

Buteo lagopus, a medium-large bird of prey.


rufous-tailed hawk

rufous-tailed hawk (plural rufous-tailed hawks)

Buteo ventralis
Buteo ventralis#Translingual

Buteo ventralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family, found in southern Argentina and Chile


Galápagos hawk

Buteo galapagoensis
Buteo galapagoensis#Translingual

(Buteo galapagoensis), a large hawk endemic to the Galápagos Islands.


buzzardet

Pandion haliaetus
Pandion haliaetus#Translingual

(US, obsolete) A bird of prey mentioned in New England historical accounts, probably the osprey, Pandion haliaetus.


redtail

Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo jamaicensis#Translingual


eastern buzzard

eastern buzzard (plural eastern buzzards)

Buteo japonicus
Buteo japonicus#Translingual

A species of buzzard, Buteo japonicus, similar to the common buzzard, but with less variability in plumage and smaller dark carpal spots, and with usually dark-brown upperparts, pale nearly-white underparts, and darkish primaries.


Swainson's hawk

Swainson's hawk (plural Swainson's hawks)

Named after William Swainson, a British naturalist.

Buteo swainsoni
Buteo swainsoni#Translingual


buteonine

(ornithology) Any bird in the accipitrid subfamily Buteoninae


Krider's hawk

Named after John Krider, the gunsmith from Philadelphia who collected the type specimen.

The red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis kriderii.


Harlan's hawk

Buteo jamaicensis harlani, a subspecies of the red-tailed hawk.


rough-legged hawk

rough-legged hawk (plural rough-legged hawks)

rough-legged buzzard
rough-legged buzzard


Ridgway's hawk

Buteo ridgwayi
Buteo ridgwayi#Translingual