The Common Buzzard measures between in length with a wingspan and a body mass of, making it a medium-sized raptor.

This broad-winged raptor has a wide variety of plumages, and in Europe can be confused with the similar Rough-legged Buzzard ( Buteo lagopus ) and the only distantly related European Honey Buzzard ( Pernis apivorus ), which mimics the Common Buzzard's plumage for a degree of protection from Northern Goshawks.

The Common Buzzard was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Falco buteo.

Even the smallest eagles, like the Booted Eagle ( Aquila pennata ) ( which is comparable in size to a Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo ) or Red-tailed Hawk ( B. jamaicensis )), have relatively longer and more evenly broad wings, and more direct, faster flight.

The call is a thin piping, similar to but less mewling than the Common Buzzard.

The European Honey Buzzard ( Pernis apivorus ), also known as the Pern or Common Pern ,) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

The Honey Buzzard is larger and longer winged, with a wingspan, when compared to the smaller Common Buzzard Buteo buteo.

It has been suggested that the similarity in plumage between juvenile European Honey Buzzard and Common Buzzard has arisen as a partial protection against predation by Northern Goshawks.

Buteo ( Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the Common Buzzard ) is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings.

Examples include the Red-tailed Hawk of North America, the Common Buzzard of Eurasia, and the Roadside Hawk of tropical Central and South America.

* Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo

* Buteo buteo Common Buzzard

* Specifically, in Europe, the Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo, where Buzzard is often used as a synonym.

* Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo )

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The alarm-whistle warns other birds about the proximity of a Eurasian Sparrowhawk, a Northern Goshawk, a Common Buzzard or other flying predators that form a potential danger in the air.

Trees on the moorland edges provide nesting sites for Redpoll ( Acanthis flammea ), Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo ) and Raven ( Corvus corax ).

Predators on the breeding grounds include feral and domestic cats, introduced American mink, feral ferrets, otters and red foxes, and birds including the Common Buzzard and Hooded Crow.

It is one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, along with the Common Kestrel and Common Buzzard.

The archipelago of the Azores, Portugal, takes its name from the Portuguese language word for goshawk, ( açor ), because the explorers who discovered the archipelago thought the birds of prey they saw there were goshawks ; later it was found that these birds were kites or Common Buzzards ( Buteo buteo rothschildi ).

A small population of Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo ) nesting in the area, Roe Deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), Badger, Red Fox.

Some plumages are almost similar to those of the Steppe Buzzard, the eastern subspecies of the Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo vulpinus ), but Long-legged Buzzards have longer wings and are more like Rough-Legged buzzards or even a small Aquila eagle.

There are several birds of prey, most common are the Eleonora's Falcon ( Falco Eleonorae ), the European Scops Owl ( Otus Scops ) and the Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo ).

The pressure for our entry to the Common Market is mounting and we will proceed towards this amalgamated trade union by way of a purely `` economic thoroughfare '', or garden path, with the political ramifications kept neatly in the background.

If it is not enough that all of our internationalist One Worlders are advocating that we join this market, I refer you to an article in the New York Times' magazine section ( Nov. 12, 1961 ), by Mr. Eric Johnston, entitled `` We Must Join The Common Market ''.

) Well, anyhow, Dogtown Common is so much off the beaten track nowadays that only Sunday picnickers still stray up there, from time to time.

Compared to other grains, amaranth is unusually rich in the essential amino acid lysine Common grains such as wheat and corn are comparatively rich in amino acids that amaranth lacks ; thus, amaranth and other grains can complement each other.

The Common Desktop Environment ( CDE ) is AIX's default graphical user interface.

Common to many of them is the theme of losing or being betrayed by a husband or fiancé.

The Porvoo Common Statement ( 1996 ), agreed to by the Anglican churches of the British Isles and most of the Lutheran churches of Scandinavia and the Baltic, also stated that " the continuity signified in the consecration of a bishop to episcopal ministry cannot be divorced from the continuity of life and witness of the diocese to which he is called.

In certain Common Law jurisdictions, such as India or Pakistan, the power to pass such writs is a Constitutionally guaranteed power.

Common among the mislabeled works are all of the reasons identified for misattributing Cuyp ’ s works: the lack of biography and chronology of his works made it difficult to discern when paintings were created ( making it difficult to pinpoint an artist ); contentious signatures added to historians ’ confusion as to who actually painted the works ; and the collaborations and influences by different painters makes it hard to justify that a painting is genuinely that of Aelbert Cuyp ; and finally, accurate identification is made extremely difficult by the fact that this same style was copied ( rather accurately ) by his predecessor.

It is notable for omitting the line " he descended into hell ", but is otherwise very similar to the Book of Common Prayer version.

The United Methodist Hymnal also contains ( at # 882 ) what it terms the " Ecumenical Version " of this creed — a version which is identical to that found in the Episcopal Church's current Book of Common Prayer.

* Common brass, or rivet brass, is a 37 % zinc brass, cheap and standard for cold working.

* California Penal Code Section 158: " Common barratry is the practice of exciting groundless judicial proceedings, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($ 1, 000 ).

The language is mainly split into two broad dialect areas, based on the different reflexes of the Common Slavic yat vowel ().

Schelter is credited with the development of the GNU Common Lisp ( gcl ) implementation of Common Lisp and the GPL'd version of the computer algebra system Macsyma called GNU Maxima.

Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Bel ( l ) taine is derived from a Common Celtic * belo-te ( p ) niâ, meaning " bright fire " ( where the element * belo-might be cognate with the English word bale in ' bale-fire ' meaning ' white ' or ' shining '; compare Anglo-Saxon bael, and Lithuanian / Latvian baltas / balts, found in the name of the Baltic ; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means ' white ', as in Беларусь ( White Russia or Belarus ) or Бе ́ лое мо ́ ре Sea ).

The Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, " Anglican realignment " and other Anglican churches.

A Book of Common Prayer with local variations is used in churches inside and outside the Anglican Communion in over 50 different countries and in over 150 different languages.

The full name of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer is The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.