A medium sized bird (45 cm to 50 cm) which breeds in Eurasia and north Africa. In southern Africa it is a common non breeding migrant found throughout except in the drier west. It is found in open savannah, living off insects, small birds and mammals

 

List of Stamps showing Steppe Buzzard
Country	SG	Michel	Year	Value
Alderney			2008	34p
Austria	1219	0986	1950	5s
Azores	0489	0394	1988	100e
Congo (Brazzaville)	1340	1354	1993	45 f
Denmark	1394		2004	6k
Germany (East)	0867	1149	1965	20p
Germany (West)	1649	0755	1973	30+15p
Hungary (WWF)	3513	3630	1983	8Ft
Korea (North)	3113	3260	1992	20ch
Liechtenstein	0179	0176	1939	30r
Mongolia	0575	0599	1970	10m
Rumania	6788		2007	2le50
Russia	3217	3146	1965	1k
Sierra Leone	2960		1998	Le 2000
Spain	3480	3385	1998	35p
Turkey	2212	2074	1967	270k
Turkey	3575m		2004	700 000l
Vietnam Republic	2184	2920	1998	3000d