Great Hawk - Oonosuri

...In Japan, they breed in the low mountain forests from Hokkaido to Kyushu, building nests by piling up twigs on top of tall trees and laying two to three eggs per clutch. In addition to the common buzzard, the common buzzard B. hemilasius and the common hawk B. lagopus migrate to Japan in small numbers from the continent as winter birds. There are about 25 species of common buzzard distributed around the world, and in North America, the common buzzard is replaced by the common buzzard, and is often home to the red-tailed hawk B. jamaicensis , which has a reddish-brown tail. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "great buzzard" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…日本では北海道から九州までの低山帯の山林で繁殖し，高い木の上に小枝を積み重ねて巣をつくり，1腹2～3個の卵を産む。　ノスリ属の鳥は，日本にはノスリのほか，オオノスリB.hemilasiusとケアシノスリB.lagopusが冬鳥として大陸から少数渡来する。ノスリ属は世界に約25種が分布し，北アメリカではノスリにかわって尾が赤褐色のアカオノスリB.jamaicensisが多く生息している。…

※「オオノスリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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