Montagu’s Harrier – Circus pygargus – is a medium sized migratory Raptor of the Family Accipitridae, the Order Accipitriformes and is of Type – diurnal-raptor. It breeds across Eurasia from W Europe to N of Central Mongolia, in the AWB Region it breeds in the Maghreb, Central and E Turkey, S Caucasus and NE Iran. It migrates in winter to the Sahel and Savannah of sub-Saharan Africa and down eastern Africa to Lesotho. Asian birds winter in the Indian sub-continent.
Type – diurnal-raptor –
Habitat Summer: generally lowland, rough grassland, heathland, moorland, young conifer areas, near wetland,
Habitat Nests : in reed beds, in tall vegetation on ground
Habitat Winter: Steppes and Savannahs
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Circus
Species: Circus pygargus
Montagu’s Harrier – Species – ebird.org
Montagu’s Harrier – Species Factsheet – birdlife.org
Montagu’s Harrier – Species sheet – wikipedia.org
Montagu’s Harrier – Species sheet – europeanraptors.org
Montagu’s Harrier – Range & calls – xeno-canto.org
Additional Material…
Montagu’s Harrier – Images – google.ae
Montagu’s Harrier – Video – youtube.com
Montagu’s Harrier – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org/
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