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Buzzard...Buteo buteo...Busardo ratonero |
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Common buzzards have large, broad, blunt-ended wings, fairly short, broad tails and short, rounded heads. They can show a variety of plumages but they are generally dull brown with darker areas at the wrists and paler panels in the primaries.
Breeds in moorland valleys, woods, farmland and cliffs but is rarely seen on the higher slopes of the Sierra de Grazalema. Most often seen sitting on a telegraph post at sides of roads patiently waiting for a passing rodent below. Hence the Spanish name “ratonero” (rat hunter).
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