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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