long-legged buzzard
Buteo rufinus latin

The Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) is a bird of prey.

Bird Guides: Long-legged Buzzard.

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

The main raptors are the long-legged buzzard (Buteo ruffinus) and the golden eagle (Aquila heliaca).

The 2006 winter bird survey discovered Long-legged Buzzard, a new species of raptor at Sispara, the park's highest peak.

Macin Mountains are also the hunting grounds of the Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus),one of Europe's largest buzzards.

The generic name is derived from Greek aetobarbakina meaning "long-legged buzzard" (the common name of Buteo rufinus) and from Latin oides meaning "form".

LONG-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo rufinus.

In this area you can find various birds species which include the black stork, short toed eagle, golden eagle, long-legged buzzard, black woodpecker, crag martin and the red-rumped swallow.

Raptors including the Greater Spotted Eagle, Juvenile Imperial Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Short-toed Snake Eagle, and Long-legged Buzzard are also seen in the park.

Reforestation in the Judean Mountains in Israel is displacing populations of the Long-legged Buzzard, and the species is moving into the Judean Foothills and competing with the Short-toed Snake Eagle there.

Two resident forms on islands close to Africa are often assigned to the first group, but appear to be distinct species, more closely related to the African Long-legged Buzzard, based on biogeography and preliminary mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data (Clouet & Wink 2000):

Some plumages are almost similar to those of the Steppe Buzzard, the eastern subspecies of the Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus), but Long-legged Buzzards have longer wings and are more like Rough-Legged buzzards or even a small Aquila eagle.

Currently considered to form a superspecies with Buteo rufinus as they do not interbreed, though their ranges overlap.

The Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) is a bird of prey.

Vaste - hawk (Buteo rufinus)

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

Macin Mountains are also the hunting grounds of the Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus),one of Europe's largest buzzards.

The generic name is derived from Greek aetobarbakina meaning "long-legged buzzard" (the common name of Buteo rufinus) and from Latin oides meaning "form".

LONG-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo rufinus.