Species group · Birds
Buzzards
WAnimals has 2 species of buzzard, all in the family Accipitridae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 66 countries
- 347 parks
- Weight
- 430 g – 1.6 kg
- Length
- 40 cm – 65 cm
- Lifespan
- 12 – 25 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of buzzards on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 66 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
Its characteristic call, a plaintive mew, sounds like a cat.
From Common Buzzard
It feeds mainly on small rodents such as voles, supplemented with birds, reptiles and carrion.
From Common Buzzard
It lives in woodland and open country of Europe and western Asia.
From Common Buzzard
Its scream is the one the cinema dubs over the cry of almost any bird of prey, eagles included.
From Red-tailed Hawk
Its scream is the sound of the bald eagle in films: the Hollywood studios decided that the bald eagle's real call, a weak, high-pitched chirp, was not imposing enough, and ever since they have dubbed eagles with this hawk's cry.
From Red-tailed Hawk
A bird called Pale Male nested for more than two decades on the ledge of a building on Fifth Avenue in New York, opposite Central Park, and became a local celebrity.
From Red-tailed Hawk