Long-legged Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo rufinus
Long-legged Buzzard, Yoav Perlman

Introduction

Long-legged Buzzard is an exceptionally rare visitor to Britain, only added to the British List because of a bird photographed in 2019 on Shetland.

Increasing numbers of reports of vagrant Long-legged Buzzards from northern continental Europe suggest that the Shetland individual will not be the only one to grace our shores.

Long-legged Buzzard, Yoav Perlman

Key Stats

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Movement

Information about Long-legged Buzzard movements and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

European movements

EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information for Long-legged Buzzard, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

Survival and Longevity

Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.

Classification, names and codes

Taxonomy, names and species codes for Long-legged Buzzard

Classification and Codes

  • Order: Accipitriformes
  • Family: Accipitridae
  • Scientific name: Buteo rufinus
  • Authority: Cretzschmar, 1829
  • BTO 5-letter code: LOLBU
  • Euring code number: 2880

Alternate species names

  • Catalan: Aligot rogenc
  • Czech: kán? b?lochvostá
  • Danish: Ørnevåge
  • Dutch: Arendbuizerd
  • Finnish: kyhmypilkkasiipi
  • French: Macreuse de Sibérie
  • German: Kamtschatkasamtente
  • Hungarian: Pusztai ölyv
  • Icelandic: Arnvákur
  • Italian: Poiana codabianca
  • Norwegian: Ørnvåk
  • Polish: Kurhannik
  • Portuguese: Búteo-mouro
  • Spanish: Ratonero moro
  • Swedish: Örnvråk

More Evidence

More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com

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