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ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD
. Rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) is a large predatory bird of the genus Accipitridae with 3 or 4 subspecies. It nests in Eurasian and North American Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions, but goes slightly south during the winter.
. It has a body length of 45–63 cm, a wingspan of 120–153 cm, a male weight of 600–1377 g, a female 783–1660 g.
. Rough-legged buzzard mainly hunts small mammals (litters, ostriches, mice, rats, gerbils, whistles), which make up 62-98% of the total feed.
. Rough-legged buzzard has 3 or 4 subspecies:
Buteo lagopus lagopus - nominal, nesting in northern Europe and western Asia. Its plumage is relatively dark, with a dark brown back brightly contrasting with a light head;
Buteo lagopus kamtchatkensis - nesting from north Siberia to the Pacific coast in North America. It is the largest of all the subspecies, and it is the brightest;
Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis - nesting in North America. It has a fairly bright feather, but it is darker than Kamchatka's Rough-legged buzzard, and it is smaller than the nominal weight.
A part of the systemtics also releases a fourth subspecies - Buteo lagopus menzbieri - nesting in the north-east of Asia, east of the River Ob and Yenisei.