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Mountain Buzzard

Buteo oreophilus

Photo by Niel
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Field Notes

Habitat:

The Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus) is a bird of prey that lives in montane forests in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and extreme eastern DR Congo) and forests and plantations in South Africa. The latter population is sometimes considered a separate species, the Forest Buzzard trizonatus

Notes:

Pictures were taken over 2 day period, it returned on the second day. Was spotter in Paarl in a Garden

Species ID Suggestions

Mountain Buzzard

Buteo oreophilus

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