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• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic note
Buteo buteo, B. japonicus and B. refectus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as B. buteo following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	33,500,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	75,500,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2000000-3500000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2018
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	9.45 years	-	-	-

Population justification:

The European population is estimated at 882,000-1,230,000 pairs, which equates to 1,760,000-2,460,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International in prep). Europe forms approximately 75% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 2,038,000-3,463,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed. It is placed in the band 2,000,000-3,500,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification:

In Europe, which holds approximately 75% of the global population, the population size is estimated to be increasing over the last 28 years (3 generations [BirdLife International in prep]). As such, the global trend is suspected to be increasing overall.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native			yes
Albania	extant	native		yes
Algeria	extant	native			yes
Andorra	extant	native	yes
Angola	extant	native			yes
Armenia	extant	native		yes		yes
Austria	extant	native	yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native	yes
Bahrain	extant	native
Bangladesh	extant	native			yes
Belarus	extant	native	yes
Belgium	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native			yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native		yes
Botswana	extant	native			yes
Bulgaria	extant	native	yes			yes
Burundi	extant	native			yes
Cameroon	extant	vagrant			yes
Central African Republic	extant	native			yes
Chad	extant	vagrant			yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native			yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native			yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native			yes
Croatia	extant	native			yes	yes
Cyprus	extant	native	yes
Czechia	extant	native	yes
Denmark	extant	native	yes			yes
Djibouti	extant	native			yes
Egypt	extant	native			yes
Eritrea	extant	native			yes
Estonia	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native			yes
Ethiopia	extant	native			yes
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	vagrant
Finland	extant	native	yes
France	extant	native	yes			yes
Gabon	extant	native			yes
Gambia	extant	vagrant			yes
Georgia	extant	native		yes		yes
Germany	extant	native	yes			yes
Ghana	extant	vagrant			yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Greece	extant	native	yes			yes
Hungary	extant	native	yes
Iceland	extant	vagrant
India	extant	native	yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes			yes
Iraq	extant	native	yes			yes
Ireland	extant	native		yes
Israel	extant	native
Italy	extant	native	yes			yes
Jordan	extant	native				yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native			yes
Kuwait	extant	native
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native	yes
Latvia	extant	native	yes
Lebanon	extant	native
Lesotho	extant	native			yes
Liberia	extant	native			yes
Libya	extant	native			yes
Liechtenstein	extant	native	yes
Lithuania	extant	native	yes
Luxembourg	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native			yes
Maldives	extant	vagrant			yes
Mali	extant	vagrant			yes
Malta	extant	native
Mauritania	extant	native			yes
Moldova	extant	native	yes			yes
Monaco	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Morocco	extant	native			yes
Mozambique	extant	native			yes
Namibia	extant	native			yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Netherlands	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	vagrant			yes
North Macedonia	extant	native	yes
Norway	extant	native		yes
Oman	extant	native
Pakistan	extant	native	yes
Palestine	extant	native				yes
Poland	extant	native	yes
Portugal	extant	native	yes
Qatar	extant	vagrant
Romania	extant	native	yes
Russia	extant	native		yes		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes		yes
Rwanda	extant	native			yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native
Senegal	extant	native			yes
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Sierra Leone	extant	vagrant			yes
Slovakia	extant	native	yes
Slovenia	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	vagrant			yes
South Africa	extant	native			yes
South Sudan	extant	native			yes	yes
Spain	extant	native	yes			yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native			yes
Sudan	extant	native				yes
Sweden	extant	native	yes			yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes
Syria	extant	native
Tajikistan	extant	native			yes
Tanzania	extant	native			yes
Togo	extant	vagrant			yes
Tunisia	extant	native			yes
Türkiye	extant	native	yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native			yes
Ukraine	extant	native	yes			yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes	yes
United Kingdom	extant	native	yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native			yes
Western Sahara	extant	native			yes
Yemen	extant	native			yes	yes
Zambia	extant	native			yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cape Verde	Serra do Pico da Antónia
Romania	Dunăre - Canarale - Hârşova
Saudi Arabia	Turaif-Qurayyat
Yemen	Bab al-Mandab - Mawza

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	passage
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	passage
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 4500 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Persecution/control	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Negligible declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Unintentional effects (species is not the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Energy production & mining	Renewable energy	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Pollution	Agricultural & forestry effluents - Herbicides and pesticides	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Transportation & service corridors	Roads & railroads	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Transportation & service corridors	Utility & service lines	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national, international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/eurasian-buzzard-buteo-buteo on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.