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'''Alternative name: Rough-legged Buzzard''' | '''Alternative name: Rough-legged Buzzard''' | ||
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;[[:Category:Buteo|Buteo]] lagopus | ;[[:Category:Buteo|Buteo]] lagopus | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
47-52cm. Wings long and broad. Brown upperparts, paler, streaked head, brown-spotted white breast, and dark breast band. The legs are fully feathered. Wings are mostly pale below and dark-edged. Upper half of tail is white, lower half is finely banded. | 47-52cm. Wings long and broad. Brown upperparts, paler, streaked head, brown-spotted white breast, and dark breast band. The legs are fully feathered. Wings are mostly pale below and dark-edged. Upper half of tail is white, lower half is finely banded. | ||
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2-7 eggs are laid, incubation lasts 28-31 days and after a further 39-45 days, the young fledge. | 2-7 eggs are laid, incubation lasts 28-31 days and after a further 39-45 days, the young fledge. | ||
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<flashmp3>Buteo lagopus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Buteo lagopus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Buteo lagopus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Buteo lagopus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Buteo+lagopus}} | {{GSearch|Buteo+lagopus}} | ||
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Revision as of 11:03, 23 November 2008
Alternative name: Rough-legged Buzzard
- Buteo lagopus
Identification
47-52cm. Wings long and broad. Brown upperparts, paler, streaked head, brown-spotted white breast, and dark breast band. The legs are fully feathered. Wings are mostly pale below and dark-edged. Upper half of tail is white, lower half is finely banded.
Distribution
North America and Canada.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Tundra, open prairies, farmland, marshes.
Behaviour
Its diet includes small mammals such as voles and lemmings.
2-7 eggs are laid, incubation lasts 28-31 days and after a further 39-45 days, the young fledge.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Buteo lagopus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
