C IUCN · LC · Least Concern Accipitriformes Accipitridae

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

CIOC 2971

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Accipitriformes · Accipitridae

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo).

ATK142

DEF111

XC797481 · Grégoire Chauvot · CC0 1.0

2897 / 11068

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Illustration · not to scale

Body length: 45–50 cm
Body Mass: 759.1 g
Wingspan: 124 cm
Diet: Vertebrates
Migration: Partially migratory

⚔️ Ecological Combat Rationale

ATK 142

Apex raptor equipped with razor-sharp talons and curved beak, applying devastating dive kinetic energy (ATK 142).

DEF 111

Dense plumage insulation and vigilant aerial positioning reducing ground strike vulnerability (DEF 111).

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How to identify

Detailed field marks are not yet available. Use the linked sources to confirm an identification.

Similar species

Species-specific comparison notes are not yet available. Related birds below are not necessarily lookalikes.

Calls & songs

Grégoire Chauvot · Sources & credits

🌍 Range & Habitat

Distribution: Palearctic: widespread Habitat: Grassland & Savanna

6 · Subspecies & regional ranges

Buteo buteo buteo
Europe e to Finland, Romania and Turkey; Madeira, Porto Santo and Desertas (Madeira group, nc Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
Buteo buteo rothschildi
c, w Azores (nw Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
Buteo buteo pojana
Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and c, s Italy.
Buteo buteo insularum
Canary Is. (c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
Buteo buteo menetriesi
e Turkey through the Caucasus to n Iran
Buteo buteo vulpinus
n, e Europe and c Asia

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