Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo buteo (Common Buzzard)
Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
African Marsh-Harrier
Circus ranivorus
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Buzzard in Chobe National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Common Buzzard sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Buzzard in Chobe National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Common Buzzard in Chobe National Park in our monthly data.