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Steppe Buzzard

Buteo vulpinus

Photo by Jared Hersch
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

46-52cm. The most common brown buzzard in the region. Sexes alike, but plumage is highly variable, from pale brown or greyish brown to rufous or almost black.

Habitat:

Summer Migrant Oct-Mar. In open areas.

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