Buteo brachypterus

Buteo brachypterus (Information about this image)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Accipitriformes

Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Buteoninae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo auguralis
Name

Buteo auguralis Salvadori, 1865
References

Atti. Societa Italiana Di Scienze Naturale E Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale 8 p.377

Vernacular names
čeština: Káně rezavokrká
English: Red-necked Buzzard
español: Busardo cuellirrojo
français: Buse d'Afrique
magyar: Szavannaölyv
polski: Myszołów plamisty
Türkçe: Kızıl boyunlu şahin

The red-necked buzzard (Buteo auguralis), also known as the African red-tailed buzzard,[2] is a species of buzzard in the family Accipitridae which is found in western and northern central Africa.

Description

The red-necked buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with a distinctive rufous neck, the rufous colour extends up over the crown and down on to the upper back. The rest of the upperparts are mostly blackish, except for the rufous upper tail feathers which has a black subterminal bar. The underparts are mainly white, apart from a dark throat and dark blotches which extend along the flanks. Juveniles resemble the adults, but have a browner upperparts, creamy rather than white underparts and lack the dark throat.[3]
Distribution and movements

Life-forms

Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Buteoninae
Genus: Buteo
Species: Buteo brachypterus
Name

Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub, 1860
References

Journal für Ornithologie 8 no.43 p.11

Vernacular names
čeština: Káně madagaskarská
English: Madagascar Buzzard
español: Busardo malgache
polski: Myszołów madagaskarski
Türkçe: Madagaskar şahini

The red-necked buzzard occurs in a broad band running from Mauritania south to Liberia then eastwards to Ethiopia and Uganda, as well as south along the Gulf of Guinea coast through Gabon to the Democratic Republic of Congo and north-eastern Angola.[3]

The red-necked buzzard is a partial migrant, the northern populations may be completely migrant which leave the savanna following the rains and spend the dry season to the south along the edge of the main forest zone.[4]
Habitat

The red-necked buzzard prefers forest edges and clearings, including those within secondary and primary forests but it occurs in cultivated areas and is generally absent from the main areas of lowland rainforest[4] up to an altitude of 2,500 metres.[5]
Habits

The red-necked buzzard normally hunts by sitting in wait on a perch, scanning the ground for prey which is caught by a swooping dive down on to the prey. It is a generalist hunter and the prey taken consists of a wide variety of small animals including rodents, birds, lizards and snakes, as well as arthropods and especially termites.[5]

This species builds a stick nest which is situated in the upper fork of a large forest tree, on cliff ledges or on pylons, pairs will utilise same nest site in successive years. The clutch size is normally one or two eggs, which are probably laid in November to January in the northern part of its range and later in the south, where young have been seen in the nest in August.[4]
References

BirdLife International (2016). "Buteo auguralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695978A93537009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695978A93537009.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis Salvadori, 1865". Avibase. Denis Lepage. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
"Red-necked buzzard (Buteo auguralis)". Wildscreen Arkive. Wildscreen. Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
"Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis". The Peregrine Fund. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
"Profile Red-necked Buzzard". Avibirds. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

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