#0542 · 🐦 birds

Common Buzzard

🇳🇱 Buizerd ·Buteo buteo

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The common buzzard ( Buteo buteo ) is a medium-to-large bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. Over much of its range, it is resident year-round, but birds from the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere typically migrate south (some well into the Southern Hemisphere) for the northern winter.

base stats

NL sightings 4,099iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 172,532iNaturalist observations
weight 966.5 gadult, up to
lifespan 10 yrmaximum recorded
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 4,099 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #11 most seen of the birds in NL.
172,532 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 967 g.
Can live up to 10 years.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).