Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus) [XC514553]
by Louis A. Hansen from Dibililo camp, daily trips from camp, Mafwemiro forest, Mpwapwa, Dodoma Region, Tanzania (call)
Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus) [XC448111]
by Peter Boesman from Vikongwa camp and general area, Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (call)
Present species has alternatively been called Buteo tachardus.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
oreophilus Hartert & Neumann, 1914 - Highlands of Ethiopia south to Tanzania and Malawi.
trizonatus Rudebeck, 1957 - South Africa (Western Cape and eastern Cape north to Limpopo). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Forest Buzzard (Buteo trizonatus).