Baugural

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Buteo auguralis

Salvadori, 1865

Family: Accipitridae

Order: Falconiformes

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Red-necked buzzard

Salvadoribussard

Buse d'Afrique

Busardo cuellirrojo

CMS App II

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES II

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: intracontinental

unclear

Buteo auguralis

Regular annual N-S migration in W Africa, moving S in Sept just after rains to breed along forest edge and woodland adjoining Guinea and Upper Congo forests. At recommencement of rains in Mar moves N into drier, more open savamma, where little studied. Movements in C & NE Africa not as obvious or well understood; possibly separate population in N Angola and SW Zaire.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa