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Madagascar Buzzard

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Buteo brachypterus

Photo by James J Williams
photo from Western Madagascar

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 External Links

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Madagascar.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is monotypic, there are no known subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Woodland

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes rodents, snakes, chameleons, lizards, frogs, locusts and other insects. It hunts by circling above the canopy and then diving into the trees.