Scientific Name: Buteo rufinus Common Name: Long-legged Buzzard
Identifying Features: white underwings, orange-brown plumage, yellow legs, pale head
Fun Facts:
- It feeds mostly on small rodents, although it will also take lizards, snakes, small birds and large insects.
- It inhabits dry open plains of northern Africa, southeastern Europe, west and central Asia east to China, and across central India.
This image was clicked by Imran Shah – via Flickr.
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