Eastern Buzzard

When to see the Eastern Buzzard

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Eastern Buzzard

The map shades 21 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Malaysia.

About the Eastern Buzzard

The eastern buzzard or Japanese buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard. Some scientists treated it as a distinct species starting in 2008, but others still treat it as either one or three subspecies. It is native to East Asia and some parts of Russia and South Asia, with some birds wintering in Southeast Asia. It is similar to the steppe buzzard. It is carnivorous.

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Easily confused with

Augur BuzzardButeo augurAugur buzzards are one of two larger Buteo species native to Africa, alongside their cousins, the similarly sized jackal buzzard. Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinusPaler individuals of the long-legged buzzard are typically reasonably distinctive but their highly variable plumage leads to mistaken identity. Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectusThe Himalayan buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread common buzzard.