Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae Status: Vagrant to Madeira

Buteo lagopus Biometrics

Wingspan: 130 - 150 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Total length: 55 - 61 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Weight: 600 - 1300 g (Hume, 2002)

Status

Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Only 1 record
Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2013: Only 1 record
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1

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