Common buzzard vs Mountain buzzard
The common buzzard is heavier: 759.1 g against 700 g for the mountain buzzard, about 8% more.
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What is the difference between a common buzzard and a mountain buzzard?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common buzzard is heavier: 759.1 g against 700 g for the mountain buzzard, about 8% more.
- Both belong to the genus Buteo, so they are close relatives.
- The common buzzard is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the mountain buzzard is Near Threatened.
Side by side
| Common buzzard | Mountain buzzard | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Buteo buteo | Buteo oreophilus |
| Family | Accipitridae | Accipitridae |
| Order | Accipitriformes | Accipitriformes |
| Weight | 550 g – 1.3 kg | 700 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 25.3 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland | forest |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Near Threatened |
| 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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