Open AccessRecords of brown plumage aberration in the Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Author(s) -
Michał Ciach,
Anna Kwarciany,
Dariusz Switala
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ornis svecica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2003-2633
pISSN - 1102-6812
DOI - 10.34080/os.v21.22602
Subject(s) - buzzard , plumage , buteo , feather , biology , zoology , ecology , predation
The Common Buzzard Buteo buteo presents high plumage variation, but individuals in aberrant plumage are recorded extremely rarely. In August 2005, near Templewo (western Poland), a dead Common Buzzard with aberrant plumage was found. Another individual with aberrant plumage was observed on 14 August 2011 near Minoga (southern Poland). Both birds were beige in most parts of the body with a retained light brown and orange feather pattern. This is the brown mutation, an exceptionally rare plumage aberration in the Common Buzzard.