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  Buzzard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A medium-sized wide-ranging raptor with a robust body and broad wings.
In parts of the United States where they are considered pest, particularly in rural areas, a derogatory term for certain birds of prey, such as the Chickenhawk (a common colloquial name referring to both the Red-tailed Hawk and the Cooper's Hawk), or the Duck hawk (known elsewhere as the Peregrine Falcon).
Rarely, a derogatory term for any large bird that happens to be a scavenger, such as a raven or albatross (in other words, any large bird that is neither predatory nor flightless).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buzzard   (250 words)

  
 Lizard Buzzard -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Lizard Buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus) is a (Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals) bird of prey.
Lizard Buzzard breeds in tropical (The second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean) Africa south of the Sahara.
It is a bird of open woodland, which builds a stick nest in the fork of a tree or the crown of a (Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves) palm tree.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/lizard_buzzard.htm   (331 words)

  
 Lizard Buzzard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
They are a fairly small bird of prey, being a uniform grey on the back, but may easily be identified by a fl line, running down the throat.
As the name suggests they will feed on lizards but do also feed on locust and grasshopper, hardly ever birds.
They have a very distinct call and are often heard calling during the breeding season, which lasts from May to December.
www.djuma.com /bird_lbuzzard.htm   (91 words)

  
 Pictures of Birds Lizard Buzzard
Smallish bird found in most of Africa, south of the Sahara.
Feeds mostly on insects, small mammals, birds, lizards and snakes.
The compact nest is made of twigs, lined with softer materials such as grass and leaves.
www.bushveld.co.za /lizard-buzzard.htm   (53 words)

  
 Kamusi - Search Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
buzzard, pl buzzards { Swahili: shakivale, pl shakivale } [Terminology: ornithology]
lizard buzzard, pl lizard buzzards { Swahili: shakivale mlaamjusi, pl shakivale mlaamjusi } [Terminology: ornithology]
grasshopper buzzard, pl grasshopper buzzards { Swahili: shakivale bawa-jekundu, pl shakivale bawa-jekundu } [Terminology: ornithology]
research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=buzzard&EngP=1   (312 words)

  
 buzzards
Buzzards are similar to eagles in shape but are smaller in size and do not have feathered legs.
They generally prey on insects, lizards, birds and smaller mammals.
Identification : Brown with cinnamon coloured tail with variably patterned underparts usually with barred belly with brown upper chest seperated by a white lower chest.
www.birdsofprey.co.za /buzzards.html   (290 words)

  
 Lizard Thicket - Lizard
There is a wide variety of lizards available in the pet trade, but it is very important to know what you are getting into.
When the children were young, an errant lizard in the house was a fun event: C. would chase it down, pick it up, maybe let it hang from his ears (apparently when lizards are frightened, they bite down--and the itch, I'm told, from lizards hanging on your ear lopes feels quite pleasant).
Now, this weekend, when I found the lizard in the family room, it was just 1 more task--an adult escort of the lizard from the house.
lizardthicket.sewnlizard.com   (888 words)

  
 LIZARD BUZZARD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A small Accipiter-like Buzzard, head and breast plain light grey, throat white with medium vertical fl stripe, belly finely barred grey and white, tail flish with one broad white band
Mostly insects, but also eats lizards, small snakes, some frogs, small mammals and birds
Nest : A compact platform of sticks about 40cm in diametre
www.safaricamlive.com /Encyclopedia/birds/buzzards/lizard_buzzard.htm   (133 words)

  
 Subfamily Buteoninae (Buteos or Buzzard Hawks and Eagles)
Subfamily Buteoninae (Buteos or Buzzard Hawks and Eagles)
Red-tailed Hawk or Red-tailed Buzzard (Buteo jamaicensis or B.
Genera of the Subfamily Buteoninae (Buteos or Buzzard Hawks and Eagles)
romdap.com /rbuteone.htm   (78 words)

  
 Summary Gambia Trip 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Raptors also put in an appearance including lizard buzzard, dark chanting goshawk, palm nut vulture and a harrier hawk.
Walking to the Fajara golf course we then saw Western grey plantain eaters, lizard buzzard, Caspian tern, a blue breasted kingfisher, good views of a Senegal parrot, red billed hornbill and fl kites.
Consolation came in the form of a dark chanting goshawk, grasshopper buzzard, tawny eagle and another booted eagle.
www.eastyorksbirdwatchers.co.uk /gambiasummary.htm   (2076 words)

  
 Tropical Birding Cameroon tour report, April 2003
A Lizard Buzzard happened to be perched next to where we stopped.
A mixed flock of African Green Pigeons and Splendid Glossy Starlings feasted on a fruiting treetop nearby and a Broad-billed Roller hawked moths from the end of a snag in the distance.
A surprise urban Lizard Buzzard perched on the wires allowing everyone to soak in some crisp scope views.
www.tropicalbirding.com /tripReports/TR_Cameroon.html   (13175 words)

  
 The Gambia and Senegal Trip Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bird of the day was probably hard to pin down but Lizard Buzzard, Tawny Eagle and Pomarine Skua all found favour with some.
A superb Lizard Buzzard gave us a great start soon to be followed by Northern Puff-back Shrike and White-crested Helmet-shrikes.
But Grasshopper Buzzard, Striped Kingfisher and Vieillot's Barbet were all admired.
www.naturalist.co.uk /reports2004/gambia.php   (9394 words)

  
 SNAKES - Online Information article about SNAKES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
drawn to the many characters which make it difficult, if not impossible, to give diagnoses applicable to all lizards and all snakes.
neck, a usual feature in burrowing snakes and lizards.
The quadrate bones are short and stand rather vertically.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SIV_SOU/SNAKES.html   (6226 words)

  
 The 14 Day Namibia and the Okavango Itinerary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Many of the special birds of this region occur in the immediate vicinity of the lodge and we will be watching for Verreaux's Eagle and Augur Buzzard overhead, and Short-toed Rock Thrush, Rockrunner and White-tailed Shrike in the surrounding boulders.
The strange Dassie Rat may also be seen poking its whiskered nose from a rock crevice and a variety of interesting reptiles scurry over the rocks.
Adjacent woodland is home to amazing numbers of birds including White-backed Vulture, Bateleur, Lizard Buzzard, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Striped and Jacobin cuckoos, Bradfield’s Hornbill, Crested Barbet, Bearded Woodpecker, Flappet Lark, Black-faced Babbler, Tinkling Cisticola, and Brown Firefinch.
www.ecoventures-travel.com /Birding/namibia_and_okavango_tour.htm   (3266 words)

  
 Webskenya::Kenya's information source.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Green Mamba, Cameleon, Lizard, Mountain Viper, Rainbow and brown trouts.
The dominant biotic communities represented in the park are afro-alpine moorland and moist forest communities.
Alpine Meadow Lizard; lizards and skinks; montane viper.
www.webskenya.com /national_parks.htm   (12137 words)

  
 Birdlife and specie types
This is true of many of the forty-four species of diurnal raptor of the family Accipitridae - the vultures, hawks, eagles, etc. Thus the Bateleur, Shikra and Lizard Buzzard can be found almost anywhere.
Among the less common members of this family, the African Cuckoo Hawk, Bat Hawk, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Ayres Hawk Eagle and Crowned Eagle are more common in Zambia than in many other countries where they occur.
Many species of birds are attracted to bush fires by the fleeing or roasted insects and other animals.
www.zambiatourism.com /travel/wildlife/birdlife.htm   (3313 words)

  
 Zwahili Game Lodge
Game viewing, conducted by an experienced ranger offers sighting of giraffe, cheetah, civet cat, zebra, blue wildebeest, eland, impala, kudu, bush pig, warthog, and numerous smaller antelope.
Bird watching — over 300 species of African bird life with rare sightings such as lizard buzzard and brown snake eagle.
The world-renowned Nylsvly bird sanctuary is in close proximity for aspiring birdwatchers.
www.roamingafrica.com /single_northern_province/zwahili_game_lodge.asp   (702 words)

  
 Lizard Buzzard - Kaupifalco monogrammicus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus RANGE Sub-Saharan Africa: widespread from Senegal to western Sudan and south to Natal.
Absent from the most arid areas of the Horn of Africa and the south-west and from the highlands of East Africa and much of South Africa.
www.birdforum.net /bird_view.php?bid=4739   (191 words)

  
 Kamusi - Search Results
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Matokeo kwa 'buzzard' yaonyeshwa kwa taratibu ya alfabeti.
research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=buzzard&EngP=1   (312 words)

  
 african wildlife at londolozi
Some common savannah birds are the Green Spotted Dove (formerly called the Emerald Spotted Wood Dove), Woodland Kingfisher, Blue Waxbill, White Helmetshrike, Lizard Buzzard, Yellow-billed Hornbill and Lilac-breasted Roller.
Click here to download an Acrobat PDF Bird Checklist of bird species common to the area.
Interesting reptiles found basking in the area are Bushveld Lizard, Flapnecked Chameleon, Tropical House Gecko and Water Monitor/Leguaan.
www.ccafrica.com /destinations/southafrica/londolozi/wild.asp   (841 words)

  
 Birds of Tanzania
78 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 140 135 OSC prefer to add Eurasian.
116 n Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo 122 163 was "Common"
117 n Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus 124 165 was B. tachardus
tanzaniabirdatlas.com   (796 words)

  
 Family: Accipitridae
English: Honey-Buzzard ↔ Honey Buzzard, Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Western Honey-Buzzard
English: Honey-Buzzard ↔ Honey Buzzard, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Eastern Honey-Buzzard
English: Bat Hawk, Bat-eating Buzzard, Bat-eating Hawk, Bat-Falcon, Bat Falcon, Bat-Pern, Bat-Kite
www.4-siteplanning.com /africanbirdtrips/species/49-accipitridae.html   (507 words)

  
 Gambia
A pair of Red-billed Hornbills 'bill clap', a Lizard Buzzard and a Black-shouldered Kite are in the nearby palms.
The paddies towards the coast are usually good for water birds.
Village children were keen to point out an African Scops Owl nesting in Faraba village, whilst along the track Grasshopper Buzzard and an exciting immature Martial Eagle gave close enough views for filming.
www.brocross.com /dragonfilms/gambia.htm   (1204 words)

  
 Pinkmoose Birding
The usual woodland birds were easily found: Bearded Barbet, Green Wood-hoopoe, Fine-spotted Woodpecker, Lizard Buzzard, the doves, plus a wintering Common Redstart.
As soon as it landed a nearby tree erupted with Village Weavers who proceeded to mob the poor owl.
A little further on we came across feeding and stationary Red-chested and Pied-winged Swallows and Fanti Saw-wings and a sitting Lizard Buzzard.
www.pinkmoose.ic24.net /gambia/yundum.htm   (934 words)

  
 18 Day Windhoek - Victoria Falls Safari<
This is one of the premier sites in the country for Herero Chat, Namibia's most elusive endemic and we will require luck and patience to find this localized bird.
Whilst searching around the base of the mountains, we may also find Augur Buzzard, the attractive Rosy-faced Lovebird, the near-endemic Bradfield's Swift, Pied Barbet, Sabota and Karoo Long-billed larks, Red-headed Cisticola, Layard's Warbler, Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Bokmakierie - a near-endemic bush-shrike, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, White-throated Canary and Cinnamon-breasted and Cape buntings.
The adjacent woodland is home to amazing numbers of birds including Lizard Buzzard, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Dickinson's Kestrel, Broad-billed Roller, Crested Barbet and Bearded Woodpecker.
www.geocities.com /africanoverlandsafaritours/namibiasafaritours/wilddogsafaritours/wild18w2v.html   (3816 words)

  
 BirdForum - Kenya. Part 6 of 7
Along the way we collected many sightings including some spectacular LONG TAILED FISCALS close to the road, these were fl and white shrikes with long tail roosting on wires or tree tops.
On a tall tree stump a LIZARD BUZZARD looked over his patch.
Plenty of AFRICAN PALM SWIFTS and BARN SWALLOWS darted around in the air along the road and a small flock of six or seven GREY HEADED SPARROWS roosted on a wire.
www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=4404   (1971 words)

  
 Roodeplaat Dam, Seringveld Conservancy and the NEGI project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Other specials include Greencapped Eremomela, Pallid Flycatcher, Bushveld Pipit, Striped Pipit, and Buffy Pipit, Lizard Buzzard and Cuckoo Hawk.
Whitebacked Duck and Knobbilled Duck frequent the small pans in the area.
Watch the roadside telephone poles for Lizard Buzzard, and keep an eye on the cellphone tower for the regular Brown Snake Eagle.
www.sabirding.co.za /birdspot/050723.asp   (1551 words)

  
 Buzzard information, Buzzard picture
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Categorized information on Common Buzzard including habitat, feeding habits, migration information, etc.
Categorized information on European Honey-buzzard including habitat, feeding habits, migration information, etc.
www.junglewalk.com /info/Buzzard-information.htm   (63 words)

  
 likuni.html
Common = most probably seen on a short trip
Occassional in pastures near L.R. Steppe Buzzard, Buteo buteo.
Rare, six pulli found in chimney, june '83
home.pacifier.com /~mpatters/archive/likuni.html   (188 words)

  
 Lizard Buzzard - Kaupifalco monogrammicus - The birds of prey site of Robert Goedegebuur
Lizard Buzzard - Kaupifalco monogrammicus - The birds of prey site of Robert Goedegebuur
Open park-like country, cultivation, coconut plantations, woodland, edges of forest and areas where there are baobob trees
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home.hccnet.nl /r.goedegebuur/roofvog/hagedisbuizerde.html   (153 words)

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