A rapture with a varied menu
The common-buthium seeks food in the landscape sky and also on the ground.
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The photograph of ecovore shows Buteo buteo landed among branches, in a record of 1 July 2025. The published point, crossed with CAOP2025, is located in the parish of Refojos de Basto. The image allows to observe the inn bird; it does not show a hunt.
Also called eagle-d’asa-round, this prey may show marked differences in the amount of white and brown plumage. The University of Évora describes a species resident in mainland Portugal, with reinforcement of winter birds from northern Europe. Color alone does not solve all identifications.
The BTO describes a feed that takes advantage of available prey: rabbits and small mammals, but also birds, amphibians, large insects and earthworms. The search for food can take you to the ground. Compared with the hunting tartaranion helps you realize that two prey can share some food without having the same way of life.
From poise to landscape
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Underfoot: worms
Worms also change the landscape →Another prey, another way of life
A bird of prey that nests on the ground →Links between habitats
A landscape needs connections →
Source and context
University of Évora — Buteo buteo: plumage and distribution
British Trust for Ornithology — BirdFacts: Buzzard
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