Upland buzzard

Weight

1.18 kg – 1.56 kg

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Carnivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grassland

Egg incubation

30 days

Young per litter or clutch

3

Age at maturity

23.9 months

Litters or clutches a year

1

Lifestyle

Generalist

Migration

Sedentary

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusButeo
7. SpeciesButeo hemilasius Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

Synonyms Aquila hemilasius

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common buzzard

Buteo buteo

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Rough-legged buzzard

Buteo lagopus

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Long-legged buzzard

Buteo rufinus

Accipitridae

M

Macaw

Buteo jamaicensis

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

G

Galapagos hawk

Buteo galapagoensis

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

H

Hen hawk

Buteo lineatus

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

CompareUpland buzzard vs Common buzzardUpland buzzard vs Rough-legged buzzardUpland buzzard vs Long-legged buzzardUpland buzzard vs Macaw

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@misc{upland_buzzard_2026,
  title = {Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/upland-buzzard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}