Madagascan Buzzard
Buteo brachypterus - Buse de Madagascar
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Buteo
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Species:
brachypterus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 51 cm
- Wingspan: 93 à 110 cm.
- Weight: -
Geographic range
Description identification
Madagascan Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Buse de Madagascar,
- Busardo malgache,
- bútio-malgaxe,
- Madagaskarbussard,
- madagaszkári ölyv,
- Madagaskarbuizerd,
- Poiana del Madagascar,
- madagaskarvråk,
- Madagaskarvåk,
- myšiak krátkokrídly,
- káně madagaskarská,
- Madagaskarvåge,
- madagaskarinhiirihaukka,
- aligot de Madagascar,
- myszołów madagaskarski,
- Мадагаскарский короткокрылый сарыч,
- マダガスカルノスリ,
- 马岛鵟,
- 短翅鵟,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations
Sources of information
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v11.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes