Madagascar buzzard
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Madagascar buzzard ( Buteo brachypterus ) |
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The Madagascar Buzzard ( Buteo brachypterus ) is endemic to Madagascar occurring bird of prey from the family of Accipitridae (Accipitridae).
description
Madagascar buzzards reach a size of 40 to 48 centimeters, a weight of 342 to 680 grams and a wingspan of 93 to 111 centimeters. The head is gray-brown in color, the rest of the plumage brown on top. The chest and belly are whitish and irregularly spotted brown. The relatively short control feathers show a brown and white cross-banded pattern. The Madagascar buzzard differs from other buzzard species by the bluish wax skin on the beak and the white-yellow legs. Males and females are similar in color and only differ in size.
distribution and habitat
The distribution area of the Madagascar buzzard covers the entire island of Madagascar and includes all types of forest landscapes as well as rocky slopes and agricultural areas. The altitude distribution ranges from sea level up to 2500 meters.
Way of life
The diet of the Madagascar buzzard consists primarily of small vertebrates such as lizards , chameleons , snakes , rodents , birds , frogs and occasionally crustaceans . The breeding season falls in the months of September and October. The bowl-shaped nest made of twigs is mostly placed 8 to 25 meters above the ground in the fork of a high tree, usually equipped with two eggs and hatched in 34 to 37 days. Usually only one young bird is raised, which leaves the nest after 39 to 51 days.
Danger
The Madagascar buzzard is widespread in Madagascar in many different biotopes and is therefore classified as 
“ least concern” by the World Conservation Organization IUCN .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d A. C. Kemp, P. Boesman & JS Marks (2017). Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie & E. de Juana (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (viewed at http://www.hbw.com/node/53140 on April 2, 2017).
- ↑ occurrence
- ^ IUCN Red List
literature
- Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal: Handbook of the Birds of the World, New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Volume 2, Lynx Edicions, 1994, ISBN 978-84-87334-15-3 .
Web links
- worldbirdnames - IOC World Bird List
- Madagascar buzzard (Buteo brachypterus) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved August 11, 2017.