Common Buzzard
A species of Buzzards and Buteo Hawks, Also known as Buzzard Scientific name : Buteo buteo Genus : Buzzards and Buteo Hawks
Common Buzzard, A species of Buzzards and Buteo Hawks
Also known as:
Buzzard
Botanical name: Buteo buteo
Genus: Buzzards and Buteo Hawks
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Description
The common Buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey found in many parts of the world. It inhabits a variety of habitats such as forests, grasslands, and mountains. It is an opportunistic hunter, preying on mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects. They also scavenge on carrion. They are often seen soaring on thermal currents, perching on high vantage points, and performing acrobatic maneuvers during courtship. 
Size
51 - 57 cm
Life Expectancy
28.8 years
Feeding Habits
Common Buzzard consumes vertebrates like mammals and birds, as well as reptiles, amphibians, and occasionally fish, complementing this with invertebrates, mainly insects. Common Buzzard employs versatile hunting methods and shows distinctive dietary preferences.
Habitat
Common Buzzard's habitat is highly diverse, often found at the edge of woodlands and open areas such as grasslands, meadows, pastures, and cultivations. It prefers landscapes where these open spaces coexist with patches of coniferous, deciduous, or mixed forests. Common Buzzard requires some tree cover for nesting and roosting, though it can inhabit more open terrains such as fields, steppes, or wetlands during overwintering, provided that some trees are present. The species is adaptive to various elevations, from flatlands to moderate altitudes, and up to mountainous regions, venturing above the treeline in summer. Common perching spots include trees, poles, and even man-made structures like pylons.
Dite type
Carnivorous
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Migration Overview
The common buzzard is aptly described as a partial migrant. Short distance movements are the norm for juveniles and some adults in autumn and winter, but more adults in central Europe and the British Isles remain on their year-around residence than do not. Southwestern Poland was recorded to be a fairly important wintering grounds for central European buzzards in early spring that apparently travelled from somewhat farther north, in winter average density was a locally high 2.12 individual per square kilometer.
General Info
Behavior
The common buzzard is a typical Buteo in much of its behaviour. It is most often seen either soaring at varying heights or perched on prominently on tree top, bare branch, telegraph pole, fence post, rock or ledge, or alternately well inside tree canopy. Buzzards will also stand and forage on the ground. In resident populations, it may spend more than half of its day inactively perched.
Distribution Area
The common buzzard reaches its northern limits as a breeder in far eastern Finland and over the border to European Russia, continuing as a breeder over to the narrowest straits of the White Sea and nearly to the Kola Peninsula. In these northern quarters, the common buzzard is present typically only in summer but is a year-around resident of a hearty bit of southern Sweden and some of southern Norway.
Scientific Classification
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