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 LC    Long-legged Buzzard* Id (Atlas):
    Buteo rufinus

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
57 - 65 cm
Wingspan: 112 - 160 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Habitat
Open plains, uncultivated areas, with high bushes, trees, cliffs or hillocks are favoured as nesting areas.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Albania (B) (NB), Armenia (B) (NB) (P), Austria (NB), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bahrain (B) (NB), Bangladesh (NB), Benin (NB), Bhutan (NB), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB) (P), Burkina Faso (NB), Cameroon (NB), Cape Verde (B) (NB), Central African Republic (NB), Chad (NB), China (mainland) (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Cyprus (B), Czech Republic (NB), Djibouti (NB), Egypt (NB), Eritrea (NB), Ethiopia (NB), Georgia (B) (P), Germany (NB), Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hungary (B) (NB) (P), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (NB), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B) (NB), Italy (P), Jordan (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya (NB), Kuwait (B) (NB), Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon (B) (NB), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (B) (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Mali (NB), Mauritania (B) (NB), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco (B) (NB), Myanmar (NB), Nepal (NB), Niger (NB), Nigeria (NB), Oman (B) (NB), Pakistan (B), Palestinian Authority Territories (B) (NB), Qatar (NB), Romania (B) (NB), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal (NB), Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Slovenia (NB), Spain (NB), Sri Lanka (NB), Sudan (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia (B) (NB), Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Uganda (NB), Ukraine (B) (NB), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara (B) (NB), Yemen (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Denmark, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi (NB), Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland (B) (NB), Portugal, Somalia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly small rodents. Also, lizards, snakes, small birds and large insects.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) [XC169511]
     by Cedric Mroczko from Kochi, Larnaca, Cyprus (alarm call, flight call)

 
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) [XC314851]
     by Marco Dragonetti from Somova, Comuna Somova, Jude\u021bul Tulcea, Romania (call)

Subspecies
Buteo buteo (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was split into Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo) and Cape Verde Buzzard (Buteo bannermani) by Hazevoet (1995). Clouet and Wink (2000) found that bannermani appears to share a common ancestry with an unnamed form of buzzard from Socotra commonly known as 'socotrae'. Clouet and Wink (2000) and Hazevoet (1995) also noted that bannermani and socotrae have a close genetic affinity with Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus). Studies to date present preliminary findings and it is not possible at this time to form a definitive conclusion so at present bannermani and socotrae are treated as conspecific with Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) but possibly distinct at the subspecific level.

Forms superspecies with Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius). Sometimes considered conspecific with Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius). Subspecies cirtensis may be separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1827)   -  South-eastern Europe and Asia Minor eastern through Iran and Afghanistan to north-western Mongolia and south to north-western India (Garhwal). Winters to north-eastern Africa and northern India.
  • cirtensis (Levaillant, J, 1850)   -  Northern Africa, from Mauritania to Egypt, Arabia.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) - 10 files


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