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Buzzard Buteo buteo [Linnaeus, 1758]
Other Names
Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
BTO Codes:
BZ , BUZZA
EURING No:
2870
Number in Britain:
38 thousand territories (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
GREEN
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
buteo recorded in Britain (of 11 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
54 cm
Wingspan:
120 cm
Weight:
M: 780 g F: 1000 g
Scientific name from:
L.: buteo =the buzzard
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Eurasia, WINTERS: south to s Asia & s Africa
Habitat:
Wood, moor, heath and farmland
Diet:
Mostly small mammals, also birds, reptiles, large insects, earthworms
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
No distribution maps available
British Population Size:
Summer:
31 to 44 thousand territories
in 2000
First Record:
11th Century
[Fossil evidence from
Middle Pleistocene, c. 500,000 yr ago]
Latest Survey:
Clements, R. (2002) British Birds 95:377-383
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Common in:
Scrub, Pasture Farmland, Deciduous Wood, Coniferous Wood
Also found in:
Moorland
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer:
510 to 700 thousand pairs
(Trend in Numbers )
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III), Bonn(II), CITES(II)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
55 x 44 mm
Egg Weight:
60.0 g (of which 8 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
201
Clutch Size:
2 - 3 eggs
2.39 ± 0.83 (1 - 6) N = 1049
Incubation:
34 - 34 days
34.63 ± 2.05 (32 - 39) N = 1048
by the:
Female (occ. Male)
Fledging:
44 - 52 days
49.10 ± 5.90 (39 - 58) N = 2608
as:
Altricial, downy
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed:
427
Adult Survival:
0.81
Juvenile Survival:
0.333 (to age 2 )
Age at First Breeding:
3
years
Typical Lifespan:
8
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
24yr7m
(Denmark: 28yr 9m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
G (pulli G or H)
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
828.2 ± 188.9
Range
620.0 - 1227 g , N =20
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Common Buzzard
Gaelic:
Clamhan
Welsh:
Bwncath
Danish:
Musvĺge
Dutch:
Buizerd
Finnish:
Hiirihaukka
French:
Buse variable
German:
Mäusebussard
Hungarian:
Egerészölyv
Icelandic:
Músvákur
Irish:
Clamhán
Italian:
Poiana
Norwegian:
Musvĺk
Polish:
Myszolów
Portuguese:
Águia-d'asa-redonda
Spanish:
Ratonero común
Swedish:
Ormvrĺk
Local Names: Glead, Puttock
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Tubbs, C. 1974 The buzzard David & Charles, Newton Abbot
[598.521 TUB]
See Also:
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