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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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Length 48–60 cm (19-23½ in) <br /> | Length 48–60 cm (19-23½ in) <br /> | ||
'''Adult''' | '''Adult''' | ||
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*Full adult plumage is attained at about 18 months. | *Full adult plumage is attained at about 18 months. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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East [[Africa]]: [[Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], and eastern [[Zaire]] to [[Namibia]] and [[Zimbabwe]]. | East [[Africa]]: [[Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], and eastern [[Zaire]] to [[Namibia]] and [[Zimbabwe]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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Their diet consists mainly of lizards, snakes and small birds; small mammals and insects are also eaten. | Their diet consists mainly of lizards, snakes and small birds; small mammals and insects are also eaten. | ||
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
They build a large stick nest on a cliff or sometimes a tall tree. Two eggs are incubated mostly by the female for 39-45 days; the second egg hatches about a day after the first. The younger chick is usually killed by its sibling within a few days. The surviving chick fledges after about 30 days and the nestling period is about 50 days. | They build a large stick nest on a cliff or sometimes a tall tree. Two eggs are incubated mostly by the female for 39-45 days; the second egg hatches about a day after the first. The younger chick is usually killed by its sibling within a few days. The surviving chick fledges after about 30 days and the nestling period is about 50 days. | ||
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| + | Image:TZP AugurEagle NGO9495 2 .jpg|Juvenile<br />Photo © by {{user|mikemik|mikemik}}<br />Ngorongoro, [[Tanzania]], May 2018 | ||
| + | Image:Auger Buzzard imm.jpg|Immature<br />Photo © by {{user|Fiscalshrike|Fiscalshrike}}<br />[[Serengeti National Park]], [[Tanzania]], November 2011 | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#{{Ref-Gibbon02}}#[http://www.oregonzoo.org/Cards/BirdsOfPrey/augurbuzzard.htm Oregon Zoo Animals: Augur Buzzard] | #{{Ref-Gibbon02}}#[http://www.oregonzoo.org/Cards/BirdsOfPrey/augurbuzzard.htm Oregon Zoo Animals: Augur Buzzard] | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 18 August 2018
- Buteo augur
Identification
Length 48–60 cm (19-23½ in)
Adult
- White belly and chest, speckled grey
- Dark slate-grey body
- Rufous tail feathers
- Yellow beak grey tipped
Immature:
- Upper parts brown with buff marking
- Brown-streaked white underparts
- Greyish tail below with light barring
- Full adult plumage is attained at about 18 months.
Distribution
East Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and eastern Zaire to Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Taxonomy
Buteo augur is monotypic[4]; it is closely related to Jackal Buzzard B. rufofuscus. Some authors include Archer's Buzzard as a subspecies or a color morph of Augur Buzzard, others accept it as full species.[3].
Habitat
Prefers mountainous and hilly habitats, but also found in open woodland, savanna and grassland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mainly of lizards, snakes and small birds; small mammals and insects are also eaten.
Breeding
They build a large stick nest on a cliff or sometimes a tall tree. Two eggs are incubated mostly by the female for 39-45 days; the second egg hatches about a day after the first. The younger chick is usually killed by its sibling within a few days. The surviving chick fledges after about 30 days and the nestling period is about 50 days.
Gallery
Click on photo for larger image
Immature
Photo © by Fiscalshrike
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, November 2011
References
- Gibbon, G. 2002. Roberts' Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa: Version 3. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. www.sabirding.co.za
- Oregon Zoo Animals: Augur Buzzard
- Thread in the Taxonomy Forum discussing the relationships of Archer's Buzzard and Augur Buzzard
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Augur Buzzard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Augur_Buzzard
