• The common buzzard in captivity can live up to 30 years, which significantly exceeds its lifespan in the wild.

The Eurasian buzzard experiences several developmental stages, beginning with the “embryo” stage where the embryo develops inside an egg, receiving nourishment from the yolk and growing until hatching. Following this, the “nestling” stage sees the young bird in the nest, being fed pieces of meat by its parents for a duration of one month and two weeks to two months. Subsequently, the species enters the “juvenile after rapid growth” stage, lasting from six months to two years, during which the young bird learns to fly and hunt independently. The age of sexual maturity ranges from four months and two weeks to three years. The adult stage, where the bird is capable of reproduction and independent food acquisition, lasts from two to twenty-five years. A typical lifespan for the species is from twenty-one years and seven months to thirty-six years, with a maximum recorded lifespan of twenty-eight years and ten months, and a theoretical lifespan ranging from twenty years and one month to twenty-eight years and eight months.