Brabant Netherlands - Buzzard or Sparrowhawk? (1 Viewer)

[Bertus]

January 2024, cold weather. Common Buzzard or Sparrowhawk...? Photo from cheap gsm, quality low, sorry for that. Tnx for advice

 

[aeshna5]

Common Buzzard.

 

[tconzemi]

Such nicely barred Common Buzzards are full adults

 

[Butty]

The plumage is highly individually variable, but the broad U-shaped palish area blow the solid dark chest is characteristic.
The short, stocky, short-tailed structure is different from Accipiter, as is the width of tail-bands.