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Buteo buteo |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Common buzzard |
Buse variable |
Busardo ratonero |
Mäusebussard |
Migration: partial |
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intercontinental |
Migratory in Scandinavia (wintering in S Sweden), and in most of former USSR; partially migratory in C Europe
(increasingly so with latitude); sedentary in Britain, S Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Japan and in island
populations. Winters in Africa, Israel and Arabia; easternmost breeding populations winter in India, Indochina
and China; part of C European population move S and SW in autumn, with some migrants reaching NW or even
W Africa. Race vulpinus completely migratory, travelling up to 13,000 km, to winter in S Europe and SW Asia,
but mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in S; crosses over to Africa mainly via Bab al Mandab in autumn,
and returns by Suez in spring; 465,827 birds recorded at Elat (Israel) in spring 1986. Race menestriesi apparently
non-migratory. Length of migrants' absence from breeding grounds increases with latitude. (del
Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
- Copyright: GROMS/BfN -
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Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West
& Central Asia |
Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |