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Where does the Long-legged Buzzard live?

Buteo rufinus has 134,620 records in 110 countries and territories, from 1847 to 2026. Most records come from Israel.

Long-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard — Ramazancirakoglu / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeButeo

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Israel 23,735
Türkiye 22,979
India 12,504
Morocco 6,778
Iran 6,470
Greece 5,790
Kazakhstan 5,215
Bulgaria 4,778
Georgia 3,993
Cyprus 3,623
Ukraine 3,319
Netherlands 3,157
Russia 2,726
Romania 2,506
Palestine 1,705
Armenia 1,567
Kuwait 1,501
Spain 1,344
Kyrgyzstan 1,164
Algeria 1,118
Nepal 1,109
Azerbaijan 1,099
Egypt 1,018
France 970
Sweden 934
Uzbekistan 882
Saudi Arabia 722
Tunisia 710
United Arab Emirates 663
Bangladesh 618
Mongolia 611
Jordan 588
Lebanon 534
Hungary 533
Germany 512
China 508
Poland 456
Pakistan 426
Oman 414
Belgium 404

Showing the top 40 of 110 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.