-
taking reptiles,
birds and
insects as well as
carrion.
Adaptable to a
variety of habitats, long-legged
buzzards may nest on a
variety of surfaces, including...
-
North American regions as a "
buzzard" or "turkey
buzzard" and in some
areas of the
Caribbean as the "John crow" or "
carrion crow." The
turkey vulture received...
-
occasional broader radiations that led to
common buzzards and
other Eurasian and
African buzzards. The
common buzzard is a
member of the
genus Buteo, a
group of...
- carrion-based diet
during the non-breeding season.
Jackal buzzards have been
recorded at
various carrion,
including many
sheep and goat carc****es and placenta...
- territorial. However,
wintering rough-legged
buzzards seems to
behave aggressively towards common buzzards in
Sweden and both
species will try to keep...
- and
defend the nest.
Young buzzards also use a
wheezing call to
solicit food from
their parents. The black-breasted
buzzard is
widely but sp****ly distributed...
- also
known as the
black buzzard-eagle, the gray
buzzard-eagle, or
analogously with "eagle" or "eagle-
buzzard"
replacing "
buzzard-eagle", or as the Chilean...
-
thrown to the dogs, or hung on a
gibbet as high as
Haman to feed the
carrion buzzards." The same paper,
edited by the same man, says in 1866: "The iron firmness...
-
species (such as fish eagles,
vultures and condors) also
scavenge and eat
carrion.
Although the term "bird of prey"
could theoretically be
taken to include...
- the
origin of the
colloquialism "not
enough sense to bell a
buzzard."
Reports of
buzzards with
bells appear as
early as the 1850s in the
states of Tennessee...
