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title: "Augurbuizerd"
description: "Buteo augur — Vogels. The augur buzzard (Buteo augur) is a fairly large African bird of prey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/augur-buzzard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Augurbuizerd

> Buteo augur — Vogels. The augur buzzard (Buteo augur) is a fairly large African bird of prey.

- Scientific name: *Buteo augur*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 2403
- Wikidata: [Q760623](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q760623)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204471](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204471)

## Names

- en: Augur Buzzard
- de: Felsenbussard
- es: Busardo augur oriental
- fr: Buse augure
- nl: Augurbuizerd
- pt: Bútio-augur
- pl: Myszołów białobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (853), KE (812), ET (224), UG (108), RW (71), NA (65), MW (46), ZW (34), MZ (10), AO (7), ER (5)

## Summary

The augur buzzard (Buteo augur) is a fairly large African bird of prey. This species is distinct in typical adult plumage for its blackish back, whitish underside and orange-red tail, while juvenile augur buzzards are generally rather brown in colour; however a dark morph is known, which causes the bird's entire body to become darker. This member of the Buteo genus is distributed in several parts of the central and southern Africa, normally being found from Ethiopia to southern Angola and central Namibia. It is resident and non-migratory throughout its range. This is a species of mountains (most typically at about…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augur_buzzard

## Photo

![Augurbuizerd](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/augur-buzzard/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81642484

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/augur-buzzard?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).