Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758).

Length 50-56 cm. The plumage of this variable bird is generally dark brown above, paler below; the tail is barred, sometimes faintly. The Eurasian Buzzard’s preferred habitat is the edges of cultivation, pastures, or oases; during migration, it is seen over deserts and mountains. It is essentially a hunter of small mammals, particularly hares and rodents such as rats and mice. However, it sometimes takes invertebrates like crickets, locusts, and earthworms and almost always captures prey on the ground. This bird is a common migrant and rare winter visitor to the Eastern and Western Deserts, Sinai, and the Nile Valley and Delta.