Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Socotra Buzzard

Buteo socotraensis

The Socotra Buzzard (Buteo socotraensis) is a 759 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

759 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Yemen.

Where to see it: Dixem Plateau (Yemen); Socotra (Yemen); Qalansiyah (Yemen); Wadi Sirhan (Yemen).

Photo: (c) Morten Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist