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Photo by volker sthamer
Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, February 2012

Identification

East and central Africa
Western Africa: occurs only in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly regarded conspecific with Forest Buzzard.

Montane forests and grasslands.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Wikipedia

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mountain Buzzard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mountain_Buzzard

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-[[Image:Forest_Buzzard_by_birdboybowley.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''trizonatus''. Photo by {{user|birdboybowley|birdboybowley}}<br />[[South Africa]], October 2010]]
+[[Image:Buzzard bale mountains Ia.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Bale Mountains, [[Ethiopia]], February 2012 ]]
 ;[[:Category:Buteo|Buteo]] oreophilus
-'''Includes: Forest Buzzard'''
 ==Identification==
 ==Distribution==
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 '''Western Africa''': occurs only in [[Democratic Republic of Congo]].<br />
 '''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]] and [[Malawi]]<br />
-'''Southern Africa''': found only in [[South Africa]]
 ==Taxonomy==
 ====Subspecies====
-There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
-*''B. o. oreophilus'':
+Formerly regarded conspecific with [[Forest Buzzard]].
-:*Highlands of [[Ethiopia]] to [[Tanzania]] and [[Malawi]]
-*''B. o. trizonatus'':
-:*[[South Africa]] (Western Cape and Eastern Cape north to Limpopo)
 ==Habitat==
 Montane forests and grasslands.
 ==Behaviour==
 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Avibase
 #Wikipedia
 {{ref}}