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Butet, A., Michel, N., Rantier, Y., Comor, V., Hubert-Moy, L., Nabucet, J., and Delettre, Y. 2010. Responses of common buzzard (Buteo buteo) and Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) to land use changes in agricultural landscapes of Western France. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 138(3-4): 152-159.
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Ferguson-Lees, J. and Christie, D.A. 2001. Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London.
Global Raptor Information Network. 2021. Species account: Common Buzzard Buteo buteo.
IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Kalpakis, S.; Mazaris, A. D.; Mamakis, Y.; Poulopoulos, Y. 2009. A retrospective study of mortality and morbidity factors for Common Buzzards Buteo buteo and Long-legged Buzzards Buteo rufinus in Greece: 1996-2005. Bird Conservation International 19(1): 15-21.
Lehman, R.N., Kennedy, P.L. and Savidge, J.A. 2007. The state of the art in raptor electrocution research: a global review. Biological conservation 132(2): 159-174.
Orta, J., P. F. D. Boesman, J. S. Marks, and E. F. J. Garcia. 2020. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo), version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana (eds), Birds of the World Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Sandor A.N, Jansen J.O and Vansteelant W.M. 2017. Understanding hunter’s habits and motivations for shooting raptors in the Batumi raptor-migration bottleneck, southwest Georgia. Sandgrouse 39(1): 2-15.
Sergio, F., Scandolara, C., Marchesi, L., Pedrini, P., and Penteriani, V. 2005. Effect of agro-forestry and landscape changes on common buzzards (Buteo buteo) in the Alps: implications for conservation. Animal Conservation forum 8(1): 17-25.
Snow, D.W. and Perrins, C.M. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Buteo buteo. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.
