Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo buteo (Common Buzzard)
Closest Relatives at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo rufofuscus
Forest Buzzard
Buteo trizonatus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Wahlberg's Eagle
Hieraaetus wahlbergi
📅 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 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Common Buzzard sighting in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, based on 52 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Buzzard in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Common Buzzard in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in our monthly data.