Forest buzzard vs Rough-legged buzzard
The rough-legged buzzard is heavier: 949.8 g against 568 g for the forest buzzard, about 67% more.
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Marton Berntsen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a forest buzzard and a rough-legged buzzard?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The rough-legged buzzard is heavier: 949.8 g against 568 g for the forest buzzard, about 67% more.
- Both belong to the genus Buteo, so they are close relatives.
- The forest buzzard is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List; the rough-legged buzzard is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Forest buzzard | Rough-legged buzzard | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Buteo trizonatus | Buteo lagopus |
| Family | Accipitridae | Accipitridae |
| Order | Accipitriformes | Accipitriformes |
| Weight | 568 g – 700 g | 824.6 g – 1.05 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | 17.9 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | vertebrates |
| Habitat | forest | grassland |
| Conservation status | Near Threatened | Least Concern |
| 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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