Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) - HBW 2, p. 189
French: Buse augure
German: Augurbussard
Spanish: Busardo Augur Oriental
Taxonomy: Falco (Buteo) Augur Rüppell, 1836, Ethiopia.
Forms superspecies with B. archeri and B. rufofuscus; all three sometimes considered conspecific, but differ on calls and coloration, showing disjunct distribution; limited overlap with B. rufofuscus in C Namibia. Monotypic.
Distribution: Ethiopia S to Zimbabwe and W to S Angola and N & C Namibia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult of the pale morph perched on a pole. Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 7 years ago 36 sec 4.6 -
An immature of the pale morph on the ground, alert. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 7 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched on a stump and flying away Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 10 April 2002 5 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
perched on rock, flies Locality Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 29 October 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
Two birds, of pale and dark morphs, soaring together Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 6 years ago 39 sec 4 -
An adult of the dark morph, perched on a pole. Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 7 years ago 45 sec 4
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A bird on a branch
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Jean Hupperetz 25 November 2009 3 years ago 4.4 -
An adult standing on the ground
Locality Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania
Rodrigo Paez 1 July 2009 3 years ago 4.2 -
Dark morph adult perched on a rock.
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 21 January 2009 21 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult standing on the ground.
Locality Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 3 November 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
Soaring past at the Serengeti
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Stan Mansfield 4 April 2011 2 years ago 3.6 -
adult at sunset
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 3 January 2013 20 weeks ago 3.5
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