Common Buzzard photographed in the region of Extremadura in Spain. Extremadura is situated north and inland from Andalucia and east of the border with Portugal. The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey which has a large range. The species lives in most of Europe. It is an opportunistic predator that can take a wide variety of prey, but it feeds mostly on small mammals, especially rodents such as voles. It typically hunts from a perch.
