Collins Bird Guide
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The Collins Bird Guide is a field guide to the birds of the Western Palaearctic.
Front cover of the first edition
Common buzzard
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The common buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with a large range. It is a member of the genus Buteo in the family Accipitridae. The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range a
A typical intermediate brown buzzard of the nominate subspecies (B. b. buteo) in the Netherlands
Buteo buteo rothschildi eggs, Muséum de Toulouse, France
The steppe subspecies of the common buzzard (B. b. vulpinus) is usually distinguished from the nominate subspecies (B. b. buteo) by being more rufous in hue, and more polymorphic. A wintering bird in Etosha, Namibia.