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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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Sonothèque ADVL · xeno-canto 1100625

At a glance

Family
Accipitridae
Group
Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
Conservation status
Low risk

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