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Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering on a typical winter afternoon
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering on a typical winter afternoon
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Light head, light rump, dark terminal band!
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Light head, light rump, dark terminal band!
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Dark chest
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Dark chest
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Light rump and dark terminal band
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Light rump and dark terminal band
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Oudeland van Strijen, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Bleiswijk, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Bleiswijk, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Bleiswijk, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo lagopus
Dutch name: Ruigpootbuizerd
Common name: Rough-legged buzzard
Location: Bleiswijk, The Netherlands
Remarks: Hovering
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo buteo
Dutch name: Buizerd
Common name: Buzzard
Location: Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Remarks: This is not a Rough-legged buzzard, but is oftend mistakenly identified as one. Look at the legs: bare!
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo buteo
Dutch name: Buizerd
Common name: Buzzard
Location: Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Remarks: This is not a Rough-legged buzzard, but is oftend mistakenly identified as one. Look at the legs: bare!
Field characteristics
I once saw a Buzzard that looked very much like a Rough-legged, with a light head, dark chest, white upper tailfeathers and a dark terminal band on the tail. Only it had no feathered legs :-(
Sound:
A little lower pitch than a Common buzzard.