Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks
Rough-legged Buzzard
Buteo lagopus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks (Accipitridae)
- Order
- Accipitriformes
Overview
The rough-legged buzzard (Europe) or rough-legged hawk (North America) (Buteo lagopus) is a medium-large bird of prey. It is found in arctic and subarctic regions of North America, Europe, and Asia during the breeding season, and migrates south for the winter. Historically, it was also known as "rough-legged falcon" in such works as John James Audubon's The Birds of America.
Nests are typically located on cliffs, bluffs or in trees.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Continents
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Korea
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Rough-legged buzzard
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
