Taxonomy conformIOC World Bird List

Distribution

• Palearctic :Breeding Range= widespread |Nonbreeding Range= Africa, Oriental Region

Subspecies

• buteo - Europe e to Finland, Romania and Turkey; Madeira, Porto Santo and Desertas (Madeira group, nc Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
• rothschildi - c, w Azores (nw Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
• pojana - Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and c, s Italy
• insularum - Canary Is. (c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
• menetriesi - e Turkey through the Caucasus to n Iran
• vulpinus -Breeding Range= n, e Europe and c Asia |Nonbreeding Range= e, s Africa, s Asia

External links

• Wikipedia