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Photo by Rajiv Lather
Location: Rajasthan, India

Buteo rufinus

[edit] Identification

60-65cm. Plumage pattern very variable. Orangey hue to plumage. Red or orange tail, creamy-buff head and largely white underwings.

[edit] Similar Species

Immature birds are virtually indistinguishable from Common Buzzard

[edit] Distribution

Photo by Template:A.+Meir
Photographed at Eilat, Israel

Turkey, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open, uncultivated areas, with high bushes, trees, cliffs or hillocks.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Diet includes small rodents, although it will also take lizards, snakes, small birds and large insects.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Wikipedia
2. Collins Bird Guide 5th Edition

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages