Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
48 - 55 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Forster, 1798)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude grassland, lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland.

Vagrant to Zimbabwe.

South Africa, southern and central Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, southern Mozambique and southern Botswana.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) [XC62422]
by Peter Boesman from Koeberg Nature Reserve, South Africa (flight call)

Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) [XC279893]
by Alan Collett from Sani Pass road, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) and Archer's Buzzard (Buteo archeri). All sometimes considered conspecific. Limited overlap with Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) in central Namibia.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) - 10 files

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