The long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus) is similar in appearance to the rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus), but it is larger and more robust and wears dark trousers on its legs. It inhabits dry open plains of northern Africa, southeastern Europe, west and central Asia east to China, and across central India. It feeds mostly on small rodents, although it will also take lizards, snakes, small birds and large insects.
