Bird
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo · Accipitridae · Accipitriformes
Best monthsJan · Mar–Aprmost records
Records7,659,056in 90 countries
Most seen inNetherlands1,459,682 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Common Buzzard in brief
The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a bird of the Accipitridae family — species of bird of prey.
Across the 90 countries we cover it has 7,659,056 published records, most of them from the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. It is recorded through much of the year, most often in January, March and April.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Netherlands1,459,682 records · best Jan, Mar
Sweden1,215,825 records · best Mar, Apr
Denmark859,434 records · best Mar, Apr
France752,790 records · best Apr, May
United Kingdom684,732 records · best Apr, Mar
Belgium522,016 records · best Mar, Apr
Germany493,186 records · best May, Jan
Spain421,821 records · best Jan, Apr
Portugal167,159 records · best Jan, Apr
Norway160,223 records · best Apr, Sep
Italy123,869 records · best Jan, Dec
Czechia74,210 records · best Mar, Apr
Poland56,775 records · best May, Apr
Russia55,286 records · best May, Apr
Israel54,994 records · best Mar, Apr
Georgia54,991 records · best Sep, Oct
Finland53,361 records · best Sep, Mar
Estonia50,127 records · best Mar, Apr
Austria46,166 records · best Apr, May
Türkiye43,447 records · best Apr, Mar
Switzerland39,921 records · best Apr, Mar
Greece36,915 records · best May, Apr
Bulgaria33,388 records · best Jan, May
Ireland25,591 records · best Apr, Mar
Hungary21,482 records · best May, Apr
Ukraine18,969 records · best Apr, May
Serbia16,863 records · best Jan, Feb
Romania14,408 records · best Dec, Jan
Croatia14,171 records · best Jan, May
Slovakia12,568 records · best May, Apr
Luxembourg9,513 records · best Apr, May
Slovenia8,986 records · best Apr, May
South Korea7,149 records · best Mar, Feb
Lithuania6,258 records · best Oct, May
Belarus4,762 records · best Mar, May
Latvia3,529 records · best May, Jul
Iran3,084 records · best Oct, Sep
Egypt3,078 records · best Apr, Mar
Tanzania2,551 records · best Feb, Nov
Palestine2,498 records · best Mar, Apr
Moldova1,887 records · best Jan, Apr
Armenia1,627 records · best May, Apr
North Macedonia1,450 records · best May, Jun
Cyprus1,433 records · best Mar, Apr
Jordan1,308 records · best Apr, Mar
Azerbaijan1,110 records · best May, Apr
Kuwait1,102 records · best Sep, Oct
Kazakhstan1,072 records · best May, Jun
Montenegro1,068 records · best Apr, Oct
Albania995 records · best Sep, Oct
Andorra920 records · best Mar, Jul
Bosnia and Herzegovina838 records · best Apr, Oct
Lebanon799 records · best Oct, Mar
Zambia780 records · best Nov, Oct
Ethiopia752 records · best Nov, Oct
Kyrgyzstan696 records · best May, Jul
Kosovo626 records · best Mar, Apr
Saudi Arabia483 records · best Oct, Mar
Mozambique472 records · best Nov, Dec
Sri Lanka442 records · best Feb, Jan
Rwanda426 records · best Oct, Nov
Malawi327 records · best Nov, Dec
Cape Verde314 records · best Apr, Mar
Democratic Republic of the Congo312 records · best Oct, Feb
Mongolia264 records · best Sep, May
Liechtenstein239 records · best Aug, Jul
Morocco230 records · best Dec, Feb
Uzbekistan208 records · best Apr, May
Singapore183 records · best Oct, Nov
Iraq160 records · best Apr, May
Syria122 records · best Apr, Mar
Tunisia93 records · best Apr, May
Oman86 records · best Nov, Jan
Tajikistan85 records · best Nov, Feb
Algeria65 records · best Oct, Jun
Yemen56 records · best Oct, Sep
Lesotho53 records · best Feb, Dec
Djibouti51 records · best Oct, Sep
Turkmenistan33 records · best May, Dec
San Marino16 records · best Jun, Apr
Malta15 records · best Sep, Mar
Burundi13 records · best Oct, Feb
Qatar11 records · best Nov, Jan
Sudan11 records · best Feb, Nov
South Sudan11 records · best Oct, Nov
Afghanistan9 records · best Apr, May
Libya8 records · best Sep, Jan
Bahrain7 records · best Mar, Nov
Monaco5 records · best Jul, Aug
Eritrea5 records · best Feb, Mar
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
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