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 LC    Augur Buzzard* Id (Atlas):
    Buteo augur

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Rüppell, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland, dry savanna, hot desert. From sea-level - 5,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia (B), Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Unknown to Cameroon (B) (NB), South Africa (B) (NB).

Ethiopia south to Zimbabwe and west to southern Angola and northern and central Namibia.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

 
Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) [XC88562]
     by Rory Nefdt from Mount Meru, Tanzania, Tanzania (call)

 
Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) [XC703487]
     by Valentijn Hermans from Bufumbira (near Kanaba), Wilaya ya Kisoro, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) and Archer's Buzzard (Buteo archeri) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Buteo augur following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) and the case presented by Clark (1996).

Forms superspecies with Archer's Buzzard (Buteo archeri) and Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus). All sometimes considered conspecific.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) - 10 files


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