Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo buteo (Common Buzzard)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Augur Buzzard
Buteo augur
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
Banded Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinerascens
📅 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 Mana Pools National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Common Buzzard sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Buzzard in Mana Pools National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Common Buzzard in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.