Red-necked Buzzard (Buteo auguralis)
About the Red-necked Buzzard
The red-necked buzzard (Buteo auguralis), also known as the African red-tailed buzzard, is a species of buzzard in the family Accipitridae which is found in western and northern central Africa. The red-necked buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with a distinctive rufous neck, the rufous colour extends up over the crown and down on to the upper back. The rest of the upperparts are mostly blackish, except for the rufous upper tail feathers which has a black subterminal bar. The underparts are mainly white, apart from a dark throat and dark blotches which extend along the flanks. Juveniles resemble the adults, but have a browner upperparts, creamy rather than white underparts and lack the dark throat.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 1 recording for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Cameroon in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusrecording
- Common BuzzardButeo buteorecording
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidusrecording
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusrecording
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisrecording
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.