Rough-legged Buzzard – Buteo lagopus – or Rough-legged Hawk is a medium-large raptor of the Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, and is of Type – diurnal-raptor. It is strongly migratory and is widespread across the Holarctic region. It breeds in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions and migrates S to more Temperate but by no means warm regions across Eurasia in winter. The nearest it regularly comes to the AWB Region is the N Caucasus and European Turkey.
Type – diurnal-raptor –
Habitat Breeding: Arctic Tundra and Taiga
Habitat Nesting: Cliff ledges or trees
Habitat Winter: Marshes, prairies, agricultural land
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Rough-legged Buzzard – Species – ebird.org
Rough-legged Buzzard – Species sheet – hawkandowl.org
Rough-legged Buzzard – Species Fact sheet – birdlife.org
Rough-legged Buzzard – Species sheet – wikipedia.org
Rough-legged Buzzard – Range and Calls – xeno-canto.org
Rough-legged Buzzard – Sightings – ebird.org
Additional Material…
Rough-legged Buzzard – Images – google.co.uk
Rough-legged Buzzard – video – youtube.com
Rough-legged Buzzard – IUCN Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
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Read More »Cape Verde buzzard – Buteo bannermani – is a medium/large raptor of the Family Accipitridae, the Order Accipitriformes and is of Type – diurnal-raptor. It is native to The Cape Verde Islands and only breeds there.
Type - diurnal-raptor - Habitat - breeds only in the Cape Verde Islands Order..: Accipitriformes Family.: Accipitridae Genus..: Buteo
Species: Buteo bannermani Cape Verde Buzzard - Species - ebird.org Cape Verde Buzzard - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Cape Verde Buzzard - Taxanomic sheet - avibase Cape Verde Buzzard - Range and Calls - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material…
Cape Verde Buzzard – Images – google.ae
Cape Verde Buzzard – Technical paper in French on genetic analysis – uni-heidelberg.de
An aberrantly coloured buzzard… – africanbirdclub.org
Bird life in Cape Verde Islands – capeverdeinfo.org
Cape Verde Buzzard – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
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Read More »Long-legged Buzzard – Buteo rufinus – is a large Buzzard of the Family Accipitridae, the Order Accipitriformes and is of Type – diurnal-raptor. It is found in a complex distributed pattern across North Africa, the Levant, Middle East, West and Central Asia.
Type – diurnal-raptor –
Habitat Breeding: Dry open plains, steppes and semi-deserts, & mountains in N Africa
Habitat Nesting: Uncultivated open areas with with suitable prominent trees, outcrops, cliffs, etc for nest sites
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Buteo
Species – Buteo rufinus
Long-legged Buzzard – Species – ebird.org
Long-legged Buzzard – Species sheet – europeanraptors.org
Long-legged Buzzard – Species sheet – wikipedia.org
Long-legged Buzzard – Species Factsheet – birdlife.org
Long-legged Buzzard – Range and Calls – xeno-canto.org
Additional Material…
Long-legged Buzzard – Images – google.ae
Long-legged Buzzard – Video – youtube.com
Long-legged Buzzard – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
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Upland buzzard – Buteo hemilasius – is the largest buzzard of the Family Accipitridae. It is of the Order Accipitriformes and of Type diurnal-raptor, and native to Central and Eastern Asia. In the AWB Region it is found in small numbers in Eastern Iran.
Type – diurnal-raptor –
Habitat Hunting: Dry open grassland, steppes with rocky outcrops, montane grassland and cultivation
Habitat Nesting: Cliffs and rock ledges
Habitat Winter: Lower elevations
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Buteo
Species: Buteo hemilasius Upland Buzzard - Species - ebird.org Upland Buzzard - Species Factsheet - birdlife.org Upland Buzzard - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Upland Buzzard - Species sheet - planetofbirds.com Upland Buzzard - Range and Calls - xeno-canto.org
Additional Material…
Upland Buzzard – Images – google.ae
Upland Buzzard – Species sheet – globalraptors.org
Reproductive Ecology of the Upland Buzzard – bioone.org
Upland Buzzard – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
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Read More »Bateleur – Terathopius ecaudatus – is a medium-sized eagle of the Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes and of Type – diurnal-raptor. It is resident over most of non-forested sub-Saharan Africa and the extreme SW Arabia.
Type - diurnal-raptor - Habitat - Savannah, Thornveld,
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Terathopius
Species – Terathopius ecaudatus
Bateleur – Species – ebird.org
Bateleur – Species Fact Sheet – birdlife.org
Bateleur – Species Card – oiseaux-birds.com
Bateleur – Species Sheet – wikipedia.org
Bateleur – Species Sheet – peregrinefund.org
Bateleur – Range and Calls – xeno-canto.org
Additional Material…
Bateleur – Images – google.ae
Bateleur – Species Sheet & Video – eagledirectory.org
Bateleur – Redlist Status – iucnredlist.org
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