Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Accipitridae Low risk
The western marsh harrier is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier. Formerly, a number of relatives were included in C. aeruginosus, which was then known as "marsh harrier". The related taxa are now generally considered to be separate species: the eastern marsh harrier, the Papuan harrier of eastern Asia and the Wallacea, the swamp harrier of Australasia and the Madagascar marsh harrier of the western Indian Ocean islands.
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Family
Accipitridae
Group
Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
Conservation status
Low risk
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