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In North America, members of the true buzzard genus are often called buteos to avoid confusion with the older use of buzzard as a synonym for the Turkey Vulturejimfbleak 05:21 Mar 31, 2003 (UTC)
Article looking better. Thankyou Jim. Tannin
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[edit] No longer common?
"Any raptor which happens to have the word buzzard as part of its name. In the past, the term was often loosely used in North America as a synonym for vulture, particularly the American Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture. This usage is no longer common."
I live in North America, and I've never heard the word buzzard used as anything other than a general term for vultures and condors, with two exceptions: (1) an intentionally derogatory word for birds of prey that are considered pests, such as the chicken hawk, or (2) a very rare term for any other large, carrion-eating bird, like the raven.
I would also argue that the usage of the word "buzzard" to refer to vultures is still very, very common. The American Black Vulture is still commonly called a "black buzzard" (at least in my experience), and the Turkey Vulture is called a "turkey buzzard" just as often as it's called a turkey vulture.
I'm modifying the paragraph. Just because a particular usage has waned in one part of North America doesn't mean that it isn't still common elsewhere. --Corvun 23:49, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Query
Your last edit reads better. One query, "In the US, the term "buzzard" is never used to refer to birds of prey, like hawks, eagles, falcons, and owls, outside of this context."
To a Brit, using "buzzard" to refer to an owl, rather than a diurnal bird of prey seems odd. If you tell me that this is so, then fine, just checking really. jimfbleak 11:58, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
Instead of writing what one has heared or not, it might be better just to open a scientific book about birds. Here the word Buzzard is well described and used accurately. You have by name 4 buzzards in Europe. Namely: rough-legged Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, common Buzzard and the Honey Buzzard. The latin family is Buteo. I assume that the same accounts for North America and also there will be birds of prey with this particular family name. Vultures,Falcons are also families where underneath you have particular species. For the falcons in particular you can see, since the picture in the article, supposing to be a Buzzard, is namely a falcon. Unfortunately I can not help with identifying the name since I am unfamiliar with American birds. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.147.13.163 (talk) 09:16, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Buzzard largest bird of prey in England?
Isn't the Golden Eagle the largest bird of prey in England? And do we really mean England, Britain as a whole?
- Common Buzzard is largest over most of England, bur very parochial, so chopped. Peregrine is a protected species and as a falcon is nothing like a broad-winged buzzard.
[edit] Something odd
If you go to the "buzzard" article, and then click on the "discussion" tab, you come to this page.
If you then click on the "article" tab, you get taken to a different article, on the Common Buzzard.Wardog 21:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
- It's probably a leftover from a previous move. I fixed it. Sabine's Sunbird talk
Not aware of any areas in England that support Golden Eagles. They tend to be found exclusively in the Scottish highlands & islands. The largest bird in Scotland is the White Tailed Eagle also known as the Sea Eagle
- not so, there is a long standing well-known pair at Haweswater, and other (unadvertised) pairs elsewhere in the Lake District Jimfbleak 16:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
