Buteo ssp. ? (1 Viewer)

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osprey0311

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• Jul 2, 2014

• #1

Help, please, with identification.
(South Ukraine)

 

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lou salomon

the birdonist

• Jul 2, 2014

• #2

adult buteo buteo.

 

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osprey0311

Well-known member

• Jul 2, 2014

• #3

Lou, thank You!
Which subspecies it can be..?

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Jul 2, 2014

• #4

nominate buteo.

 

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osprey0311

Well-known member

• Jul 2, 2014

• #5

Thanks

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Jul 2, 2014

• #6

lou salomon said:

nominate buteo.

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Yet according to the map in Collins Bird Guide, it "should" be B. b. vulpinus throughout most of Ukraine except the far west.

Is the map in CBG wrong? I certainly find it very odd!

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Jul 2, 2014

• #7

there's an intergradation zone of many 100km where phenotypically pure looking buteo and some vulinus-like birds breed close to each other. some intergrades cannot be identified as such. but kolya (osprey) lives in lviv, west-ukraine. still i believe phenotypically pure looking nominate common buzzards occure well into central ukraine.

 

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osprey0311

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• Jul 2, 2014

• #8

Nutcracker and Lou, thank You very much!!!
Photos was taken in South Ukraine and my friend told me, that there are vulpinus or intermedius subspecies...