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Subspecies trizonatus. Photo by birdboybowley
South Africa, October 2010

Buteo oreophilus

Includes: Forest Buzzard

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

East and central Africa
Western Africa: occurs only in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi
Southern Africa: found only in South Africa

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• B. o. oreophilus:

• Highlands of Ethiopia to Tanzania and Malawi

• B. o. trizonatus:

• Montane forests of South Africa

[edit] Habitat

Montane forests and grasslands.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links