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.
Voice
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