Harrier

Harriers
Western marsh harrier
Sayantipiko na klasipikasyon
Missing taxonomy template (pakarhayon):	Circus
Type species
Circus aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text

Babaying Pied Harrier sa Camarahan Ridge Brgy.Pagatpat Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental

An female pied harrier

An male pied harrier

An harrier sarong species kan diurnal hawks minsan yaon sa subfamily Circinae kan bird of prey family Accipitridae. An mga Harrier nagdadakop sa pagbaba sa daga, nagkakan ninsadit na mga mammal, reptiles, o gamgam. An mga aki na species kaini minsan inaapod na ring-tail harriers. Sinda igwang halabang pakpak, halabang ikog, maluya asin hababang layog sa kadudutan asin kakaibang bungo. An mga ini sinasabing nagdakol sa paglawak nin mga kadudutan asin pagkaigwa nin mga C4 grasses na nasa 6 hasta 8 milyong taong nakalihis kan Late Miocene asin Pliocene.

A male Montagu's harrier displays the signature upswept wings and grassland habitat.

Mga Species

• Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus – Eurasia, winters in Africa and India
• Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus – Eurasia
• Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius – North America
• Western marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus – Europe, western Asia; winter range includes Africa and India.
• Eastern marsh harrier, Circus spilonotus – Asia (migratory)
• African marsh harrier, Circus ranivorus – southern and central Africa
• Swamp harrier, Circus approximans – New Zealand, Australia, Pacific islands
• Papuan harrier, Circus spilothorax – New Guinea (formerly treated as a subspecies of C. spilonotus, then C. approximans, but now considered distinct)
• Malagasy harrier, Circus macrosceles (formerly in C. maillardi) – Indian Ocean (Madagascar and the Comoro Islands)
• Réunion harrier, Circus maillardi – (Indian Ocean) Réunion Island
• Long-winged harrier, Circus buffoni – South America
• Spotted harrier, Circus assimilis – Australia, Indonesia
• Black harrier, Circus maurus – southern Africa
• Cinereous harrier, Circus cinereus – South America
• Pallid harrier, Circus macrourus – migratory: eastern Europe, Asia, Africa (winter)
• Pied harrier, Circus melanoleucos – Asia
• † Eyles's harrier, Circus eylesi (prehistoric)
• † Wood harrier, Circus dossenus (prehistoric)

Panluwas na takod

• Harrier videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Harrier videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Newton, Alfred (1911). "Harrier". Encyclopædia Britannica (in English). 13 (11th ed.). p. 17.