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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Common Buzzard has a very wide range, breeding in [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] and several [[Atlantic Islands]]. The species is part migratory, with some birds wintering as far south as [[Afríca]] south of [[Sahara]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | About eleven subspecies are currently recognized. Often mentioned is ''vulpinus'' AKA '''Steppe Buzzard''', an eastern European to northern Asian form in which some members are recognizably different from nominate European birds. No major authorities currently recognize this as a full species, even though reports to the opposite effect can be found on the internet. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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''[[Media:Buteo buteo (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Buteo buteo (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Buteo+ | + | {{GSearch|Buteo+buzzard}} |
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=913&Bird_Image_ID=2140&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=913&Bird_Image_ID=2140&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
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- Buteo buteo
Identification
Distribution
Common Buzzard has a very wide range, breeding in Europe and Asia and several Atlantic Islands. The species is part migratory, with some birds wintering as far south as Afríca south of Sahara.
Taxonomy
About eleven subspecies are currently recognized. Often mentioned is vulpinus AKA Steppe Buzzard, an eastern European to northern Asian form in which some members are recognizably different from nominate European birds. No major authorities currently recognize this as a full species, even though reports to the opposite effect can be found on the internet.
Habitat
Behaviour
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Buteo buteo (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
