Common buzzard vs Macaw
The macaw is heavier: 1.1 kg against 759.1 g for the common buzzard, about 45% more.
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What is the difference between a common buzzard and a macaw?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The macaw is heavier: 1.1 kg against 759.1 g for the common buzzard, about 45% more.
- The macaw is longer-lived: 30.7 years against 28.8 years for the common buzzard, about 6% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Buteo, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Common buzzard | Macaw | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Buteo buteo | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Family | Accipitridae | Accipitridae |
| Order | Accipitriformes | Accipitriformes |
| Weight | 550 g – 1.3 kg | 1.03 kg – 1.22 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 25.3 years – 28.8 years | 25.5 years – 30.7 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland | woodland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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