Rough-Legged Buzzard
Taken at Mennock Pass on 30th December 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Rough-Legged Buzzard.
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Local names: 		Buteo lagopus.
Falconiformes or Accipitriformes.
Accipitrida.
Rough-Legged Hawk.
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Cliffs, Bluffs or in trees.
Primarily small mammals.
Along with kestrels, kites and ospreys, they are one of the few birds of prey to hover regularly.
Predominantly brown in colour and often shows a high degree of speckling. A wide variety of plumage patterns are exhibited in light vs.dark morphs, males vs. females and adults vs. juveniles. It's feet are feathered to the toes (hence its scientific name,lagopus, meaning "hare-footed").
40 - 60 cms.
120 - 153 cms.
3 - 5
Call

Alarm