Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) - HBW 2, p. 139
French: Busard Saint Martin
German: Kornweihe
Spanish: Aguilucho Pálido
Other common names: Northern Harrier, Marsh Hawk
Taxonomy: Falco cyaneus Linnaeus, 1766, Europe, Africa = near London.
Forms superspecies with C. cinereus, with which it has been considered conspecific. Race hudsonius may be separate species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Europe and N Asia E to Kamchatka; winters from Europe and NW Africa through S Asia to SE China and Japan.
- hudsonius (Linnaeus, 1766) - North America, S to NW Mexico and SE Virginia (USA); winters S to N South America.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male coming in for a landing and then preening Locality San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonius)
Conan Guard 5 June 2009 2 years ago 32 sec 4.9 -
Nice profile shot of adult male landing on a perch Locality San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonius)
Conan Guard 5 June 2009 2 years ago 14 sec 4.7 -
Male scratching, gives a good roust, then flies off Locality San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonius)
Conan Guard 5 June 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 4.7 -
Male making a strafing run at me, complete with fake gun sounds. Silly harrier. Locality San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, California, USA (United States)
Conan Guard 1 May 2009 2 years ago 12 sec 4.2 -
An adult female flying over a field, looking for a prey Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonius)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2004 5 years ago 1 sec 4.1 -
A female on hunting flight. Locality Takae fields, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp cyaneus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 January 2010 1 year ago 29 sec 4
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male in flight
Locality Yotvata, Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 16 December 2007 22 weeks ago 4.4 -
adult male; when we saw it, it hunted several feral pidgeon with other male and one female and Long legged Buzzard
Locality Gölbası, Ankara Province, Turkey
ahmet karataş 28 January 2012 16 weeks ago 4.3 -
A juvenile
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 8 September 2011 36 weeks ago 4.2 -
in flight
Locality Harod Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 8 December 2010 1 year ago 4.1 -
Adult male in flight.
Locality San Mateo County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonius )
Pia Öberg 16 February 2006 39 weeks ago 4 -
Male in flight
Locality San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, California, USA (United States)
Conan Guard 18 May 2009 2 years ago 3.8
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