What is Common buzzard?
{{Taxobox | name = Common buzzard | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name= IUCN>{{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49439|title=Buteo buteo|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern |</ref> | image = Buteo buteo 5 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Accipitriformes]] | familia = [[Accipitridae]] | genus = ''[[Buteo]]'' | binomial = ''Buteo buteo'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) | range_map = Buteo buteo distribution map.png | range_map_width = 300px | range_map_caption =Dark green: All-year distribution<br/>Light green/blue: Breeding/winter range of Steppe Buzzard. | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }} [[File:Buteo buteo MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.89.1.jpg|thumb| ''Buteo buteo'']] The '''common buzzard''' (''Buteo buteo'') is a [[bird of prey]], very widespread in the [[Old World]]. It lives in most of [[Europe]] and into [[Asia]]. It is between 51 and 57&nbsp;cm in length. The wings are between 110–150&nbsp;cm (48–60&nbsp;inch) when spread out. They may be coloured from almost pure white to black. Usually, they are brown. Buzzards breed in [[woodland]]s. It hunts over open land. It eats mainly small [[prey]], such as [[insects]], [[rodents]], small birds and eggs. It may also take prey heavier than itself, like adult [[grouse]], and [[rabbit]]s. It can be seen walking over recently [[plough]]ed fields looking for [[worms]] and [[insects]]. Buzzards do not normally form [[flock]]s, but several may be seen together on [[migration]] or in a good habitat. Pairs mate for life. Some 16 [[subspecies]] have been described and up to 11 may be valid. Some authors accept as few as seven.<ref name= Ferguson-Lees>Ferguson-Lees & others ''Raptors of the World''. {{ISBN|0713680261}} </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} * Clouet, Michel and Wink, Michael (2000): The Buzzards of Cape Verde (''Buteo (buteo) bannermani'') and Socotra (''Buteo bute