Steppe Buzzard

Afrikaans name: Bruinjakkalsvoël

Steppe Buzzard

Photo © Steven Herbert

Buteo vulpinus

The Steppe Buzzard has quite a variation in colouration. It is basically a pale brown bird with blotches of white and a pale white breast band.

This species is a migrant to our country arriving in summer.

The Steppe Buzzard feeds on small rodents and birds, as well as insects, frogs and snakes.

This bird is normally seen singly in savanna or open woodland.

Roberts Birds Names by Edition

Edition	Roberts nr	Scientific name
1st	154	Buteo buteo vulpinus
2nd	154	Buteo buteo
3rd	154	Buteo buteo
4th	154	Buteo buteo
5th	149	Buteo buteo
6th	149	Buteo buteo
7th	381	Buteo buteo

Edition	Roberts nr	English name
1st	154	Steppe Buzzard
2nd	154	Buzzard
3rd	154	Buzzard
4th	154	Buzzard
5th	149	Steppe Buzzard
6th	149	Steppe Buzzard
7th	381	Common (Steppe) Buzzard

Edition	Roberts nr	Afrikaans name
1st	154	Europese-jakkalsvoël
2nd	154	Bruin Jakkalsvoël
3rd	154	Bruin Jakkalsvoël
4th	154	Bruin Jakkalsvoël
5th	149	Bruinjakkalsvoël
6th	149	Bruinjakkalsvoël
7th	381	Bruinjakkalsvoël

References and further reading

Wildlife of the Cape Peninsula - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 2001 - Page: 48

Wild About Johannesburg - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 1995 - Page: 40

The Status & Conservation of Birds of Prey in the Transvaal - Author: W. Tarboton and D. Allan - Published: 1984 - Page: 64

The Birds of South Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Dr. Austin Roberts - Published: 1949 - Page: 61

The Sandton Field Guide - Author: Sandton Nature Conservation Society - Published: 1982 - Page: 45

Southern African Wildlife - Author: Readers Digest - Published: 1989 - Page: 154

The Birds of South Africa - Author: Hazel Stokes - Published: 1979 - Page: 10

Southern African Bird Names Explained - Author: Charles Clinning - Published: 1989 - Page: 24

Sasol Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands - Author: Alan and Meg Kemp - Published: 1998 - Page: 108

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair et al. - Published: 1993 - Page: 102

Sasol Birds of Southern Africa - 4th Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair et al. - Published: 2011 - Page: 108

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa - 5th Edition - Author: Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Published: 1985 - Page: 134

Roberts Birds of Southern Africa - 6th Edition - Author: Gordon Lindsay Maclean - Published: 1993 - Page: 129

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 4th Edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1981 - Page: 109

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 3rd Edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1975 - Page: 103

Roberts Birds of South Africa - 2nd edition - Author: McLachlan and Liversidge - Published: 1957 - Page: 80

Roberts Bird Guide - Author: Hugh Chittenden - Published: 2007 - Page: 156

Questions and Answers - Birds of Southern Africa - Author: Deirdre Richards - Published: 1990 - Page: 11

Newmans Birds of Southern Africa - 7th Edition - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 2000 - Page: 170

Know your Birds of Prey - Author: - Published: 0 - Page: 29

Newmans Birds of Southern Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Ken Newman - Published: 1984 - Page: 170

Field Guide to the Cradle of Humankind - Author: B. Hilton-Barber & Prof. L. R. Berger - Published: 2004 - Page: 179

Ian Sinclairs Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa - 2nd Edition - Author: Ian Sinclair - Published: 1988 - Page: 80

Everyones Guide to South African Birds - Author: John Sinclair and John Mendelsohn - Published: 1987 - Page: 103

Field Guide to Fynbos Fauna - Author: Cliff & Suretha Dorse - Published: 2023 - Page: 144

Field Guide to the Birds of Kruger National Park - Author: Ian Sinclair and Ian Whyte - Published: 1991 - Page: 56

Collins Illustrated Checklist - Birds of Southern Africa - 1st edition - Author: Ber van Perlo - Published: 1999 - Page: 15

Eagles, Hawks & Falcons of the World - Author: Leslie Brown and Dean Amadon - Published: 1989 - Page: 609

Birds of the Transvaal - Author: Tarboton, Kemp and Kemp - Published: 1987 - Page: 53

Birds of the Transkei - Author: C.D. Quickelberge - Published: 1989 - Page: 43

Birds of the Natal Drakensberg Park - Author: Robin Little and William Bainbridge - Published: 1992 - Page: 18

Birds of Southern Africa - Kruger National Park - Author: Kenneth Newman - Published: 1985 - Page: 76

Birds of Prey of the World - Author: Friedhelm Weick - Published: 1980 - Page: 114

Birds of Prey of Southern Africa - Author: Peter Steyn - Published: 1985 - Page: 144

An Introduction to the Birds of Prey of South Africa - Author: D.V. Prout-Jones - Published: 1974 - Page: 91

Bird Atlas of Natal - Author: Digby Cyrus and Nigel Robson - Published: 1980 - Page: 81

An Introduction to the Birds of Prey of South Africa - Author: D.V. Prout-Jones - Published: 1974 - Page: 38

A First Guide to South African Birds - 7th Edition - Author: Leonard Gill - Published: 1975 - Page: 133

A First Guide to South African Birds - 6th Edition - Author: Leonard Gill - Published: 1959 - Page: 133

A Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa - 2nd Edition - Author: O.P.M. Prozesky - Published: 1983 - Page: 76

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