Pallid Harrier – Circus macrourus – is a medium sized, migratory Raptor of the Family Accipitridae, the Order Accipitriformes and is of Type – diurnal-raptor. In summer it breeds from Ukraine to NW Mongolia. In winter the Central Asian breeders migrate to the Indian subcontinent, the W Asian and E European birds migrate to sub-Saharan Africa (except for dense forests and arid areas). Across the AWB Region it is largely a bird of passage except from the Sahel southwards where they become winter migrants. There are a number of small isolated areas across the Middle East and the Maghreb where it also appears to overwinter.
Type – diurnal-raptor –
Habitat Summer: Steppes and grassy plains near wetlands, nests on ground or swamps, hidden in vegetation
Habitat Winter: also open country, farmland, open woodland and mountain plateaus,
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Circus
Species – Circus macrourus
Pallid Harrier – Species Factfile – arkive.org
Pallid Harrier – Species Factsheet – birdlife.org
Pallid Harrier – Species sheet – wikipedia.org
Pallid Harrier – Species sheet – europeanraptors.org
Pallid Harrier – Range & calls – xeno-canto.org
Additional Material…
Pallid Harrier – Images – google.ae
Pallid Harrier – Video – youtube.com
Pallid Harrier – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
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