Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus) - HBW 2, p. 187
French: Buse montagnarde
German: Bergbussard
Spanish: Busardo Montañés
Other common names: Forest/Woodland/African Buzzard
Taxonomy: Buteo oreophilus Hartert and Neumann, 1914, Koritscha, Ethiopia.
Forms superspecies with B. buteo and B. brachypterus, and possibly also with B. jamaicensis and B. ventralis. Has been considered conspecific with B. buteo. Present species has alternatively been called B. tachardus. Race trizonatus may merit treatment as full species. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- oreophilus Hartert & Neumann, 1914 - highlands of Ethiopia S to Tanzania and Malawi.
- trizonatus Rudebeck, 1957 - S & E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird in a tree at dawn. Locality Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp oreophilus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 17 February 2012 38 weeks ago 22 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a small tree, preening. Locality Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp oreophilus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 6 years ago 42 sec 4.2
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A bird perched on a giant lobelia plant, Sanetti Plateau
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp oreophilus)
Ian Fulton 13 February 2008 3 years ago 4 -
a bird in a tree
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp oreophilus)
rainer seifert 19 February 2009 8 weeks ago 3.3 -
A flight shot.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp oreophilus)
Ken Havard 8 November 2011 52 weeks ago 3.3 -
A poor photo of a soaring bird.
Locality Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp oreophilus)
David Beadle 23 January 2009 18 weeks ago 3 -
An adult Mountain Buzard perched and scanning the road verge.
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Christian Boix Hinzen 3 August 2008 3 years ago 2
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