The genome sequence of the Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wellcome Open Res. 2025 Sep 26:10:130. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23873.2. eCollection 2025.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Buteo buteo (Common Buzzard; Chordata; Aves; Accipitriformes; Accipitridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1,303.68 megabases and 1,330.55 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (94.6%) is scaffolded into 34 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 is a scaffold-level assembly. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 18.36 kilobases.

Keywords: Accipitriformes; Buteo buteo; Common Buzzard; chromosomal; genome sequence.