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Old 02-04-2010, 02:07 PM   #1
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these are NOT buzzards. these are Hawks
Bit of a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion on this one.

Forgive me, but the birds known as 'Buzzards' in the US are Turkey Vultures, are they not?

The birds pictured here are European Common Buzzards aka Buteo buteo. As you'll have noticed they are about the same size and shape as the Red Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis). Quite why we call our Buteos Buzzards, and you call yours Hawks, isn't clear.

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Old 02-04-2010, 03:53 PM   #2
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Forgive me, but the birds known as 'Buzzards' in the US are Turkey Vultures, are they not?
Not all, I think Buzzards is used more as a general term, but I've apparently been wrong before.
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