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 NR    Archer's Buzzard* Id (Atlas):
    Buteo archeri

Description (6)
Image of Archer's Buzzard
 

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
60 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater,WL, 1918

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

Range (Guide)
Somalia.

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

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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 Archers Buzzard (Buteo archeri) - 6 files


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