[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo archeri | [authority] W. L. Sclater, 1918 | [UK] Archers Buzzard | [FR] Buse d’Archer | [DE] Archers-Bussard | [ES] Busardo Augur Somali | [NL] Archers Buizerd
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Region | Range |
| Buteo | archeri | AF | n Somalia |
Genus
Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted for soaring. The bill, legs and talons are of average proportions. There is much colour variation both within the species, and, by way of phases, within individual species. In all cases the young are quite different from adults in that they are all well camouflaged with an overall brown appearance with varying amounts of striping below and paler mottling above.
The 25 species are spread worldwide with the exception of Australasia and much of the Indian sub-continent.
Physical charateristics
Size similar as Augur Buazzrd; tail less chestnut, more tawny; lower parts black in old birds; in younger chiefly white, excepting the throat, which is more or less black. Forms superspecies with B.augur and B.rufofuscus; all three sometimes considered conspecific, but differ on calls and coloration, showing disjunct distribution
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| size min.: | 50 | cm | size max.: | 55 | cm |
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| broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 1 | ||
| eggs max.: | 2 |
Range
Africa : North Somalia
Habitat
Hilly and Mountainous Savannah
Reproduction
Hardly any details, lays at the end of the dry seeson; clutch size 1-2 eggs.
Feeding habits
Small vertebrates and insects, hunts by perching and soaring.
Conservation
Not yet recognized by bird.ife, but CITES states it as non=threatened
Forms superspecies with B. augur and B. rufofuscus; all three sometimes considered conspecific, but differ on calls and coloration, showing disjunct distribution. Monotypic. Status of species or subspecies hiuihly debated. We follow HBW.
Forms superspecies with B. augur and B. rufofuscus; all three sometimes considered conspecific, but differ on calls and coloration, showing disjunct distribution. Monotypic. Status of species or subspecies hiuihly debated. We follow HBW.
Migration
Probably sedentary as can be inferred by its very small range.
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