#0940 · 🐦 birds

Long-legged Buzzard

🇳🇱 Arendbuizerd ·Buteo rufinus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Константин Шатилов · CC BY 4.0
2. © stefanonj · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Natalya Andreyenkova · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Лариса Артемьева · CC0
7. © nkanunnikov · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Vahid_Ashrafi · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © vil.sandi · CC BY-ND 4.0

what is it?

The long-legged buzzard ( Buteo rufinus ) is a bird of prey in the Buteo genus. It is similar in appearance to the rough-legged buzzard ( Buteo lagopus ), but it is larger and more robust.

base stats

NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,545iNaturalist observations
weight 73 gadult, up to
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).