- Buteo lagopus
Also known as Rough-legged Buzzard
Identification
47-52cm. Wings long and broad. Brown upperparts, paler, streaked head, brown-spotted white breast, and dark breast band. The legs are fully feathered. Wings are mostly pale below and dark-edged. Upper half of tail is white, lower half is finely banded.
Distribution
North America and Canada.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia-> Phylum: Chordata-> Class: Aves -> Order: Falconiformes-> Family: Accipitridae-> Genus: Buteo-> Species: B. lagopus
Habitat
Tundra, open prairies, farmland, marshes.
Behaviour
Its diet includes small mammals such as voles and lemmings.
2-7 eggs are laid, incubation lasts 28-31 days and after a further 39-45 days, the young fledge.
Voice
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