Image to followAI-generated illustrationButeo lagopus
Buteo lagopus
Family: AccipitridaeGenus: Buteonative in Germany
native in Germany
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Plants
visited
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Interactions
documented
About this species
Buteo lagopus is a bird of prey recorded in the United Kingdom. It feeds mainly on small mammals, with smaller proportions of fish and invertebrates. The average adult body mass is about 945 g, and the wingspan measures just under 43 cm.
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Prey / FoodPlant food
Yearly cycle
A single clutch of four eggs is produced per year, with incubation lasting approximately 29 days and fledging occurring after about 41 days.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
42.83 cm
Weight
945.5 g
Max. Lebensalter
18.8 Jahre
Fortpflanzung
Wurfgröße / Gelege
4, 1× pro Jahr
Bebrütungsdauer
29.25 Tage
Ausflugalter
41 Tage
Geschlechtsreife
~2 Jahre
Ernährung & Verhalten
80% vertebrates_endo10% Wirbellose10% vertebrates_fish
Scientific profile
This raptor has a diet dominated by endothermic vertebrates (80%), supplemented by fish (10%) and invertebrates (10%). The average adult body mass is 945.5 grams and the wingspan is 42.83 cm. A single clutch of four eggs is produced annually, with an incubation period of 29.25 days and fledging at 41 days. The maximum recorded lifespan is 18.8 years.
Visited plants
1 plants are visited by this species
Pinus sylvestris
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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