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;[[:Category:Butastur|Butastur]] rufipennis | ;[[:Category:Butastur|Butastur]] rufipennis | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 35–44 cm (13½-17¼ in); an elegant long-winged raptor | ||
| + | *Small headed | ||
| + | *Long legged | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Sub-Saharan Africa: widespread from Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia and south Somalia and south to southern Tanzania. Undertakes northward movements to breed in wet season (April-September) and south in dry season (October-March). In East Africa moves south in wet season (November-December). Common in much of range. | + | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]]: widespread from [[Senegal]] and [[Gambia]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and south [[Somalia]] and south to southern [[Tanzania]]. |
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| + | Undertakes northward movements to breed in wet season (April-September) and south in dry season (October-March). | ||
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| + | In '''East Africa''' moves south in wet season (November-December). Common in much of range. | ||
| + | [[Image:120gropperbuzzard111-1109 img.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Immature<br />Photo by {{user|nigelblake|nigelblake}}<br />Georgetown/Bansang, [[Gambia]], December 2002 ]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open woodland and savanna, cultivated land and often attends grass fires. | Open woodland and savanna, cultivated land and often attends grass fires. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | A confiding raptor | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet includes large insects, especially grasshoppers. | ||
| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | Mostly silent, except in the breeding season when utters a loud "ki-ki-ki-ki-keee" call. | ||
| + | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | Click on photo for larger image | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Image:Grasshopper buzzard fb.jpg|Photo by {{user|osprey66|osprey66}}<br />Inland Gambia, December 2009 | ||
| + | Image:Grasshopper Buzzard 00.jpg|Photo by {{user|Sylvester_b |Sylvester_b }}<br />[[Ghana]], November2009 | ||
| + | Image:DSC 1858.jpg|Photo by {{user|d.flack|d.flack}}<br />[[Gambia]], November 2016 | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014) | ||
| + | #BF Member observations | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | Search the Gallery using the scientific name: | ||
{{GSearch|Butastur+rufipennis}} | {{GSearch|Butastur+rufipennis}} | ||
| + | Search the Gallery using the common name: | ||
| + | {{GSearch|"Grasshopper Buzzard"}} | ||
| + | {{GS-checked}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Butastur]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Butastur]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:43, 20 August 2022
- Butastur rufipennis
Identification
35–44 cm (13½-17¼ in); an elegant long-winged raptor
- Small headed
- Long legged
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa: widespread from Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia and south Somalia and south to southern Tanzania.
Undertakes northward movements to breed in wet season (April-September) and south in dry season (October-March).
In East Africa moves south in wet season (November-December). Common in much of range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Open woodland and savanna, cultivated land and often attends grass fires.
Behaviour
A confiding raptor
Diet
Their diet includes large insects, especially grasshoppers.
Vocalisation
Mostly silent, except in the breeding season when utters a loud "ki-ki-ki-ki-keee" call.
Gallery
Click on photo for larger image
Photo by osprey66
Inland Gambia, December 2009
Photo by Sylvester_b
Ghana, November2009
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grasshopper Buzzard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grasshopper_Buzzard
External Links
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