Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Black Harrier (Circus maurus) - HBW 2, p. 139
French: Busard maure
German: Mohrenweihe
Spanish: Aguilucho Negro
Taxonomy: Falco maurus Temminck, 1828, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Monotypic.
Distribution: S South Africa, ranging N to Transvaal, Lesotho, S Namibia and S Botswana.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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An adult flying and landing on the ground Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 3 October 2002 7 years ago 13 sec 3.4 -
A bird flying Locality De Mond, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 7 October 2004 5 years ago 26 sec 2.7
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An adult in flight.
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 25 November 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Adult bird in flight. Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 3 November 2009 1 year ago 2.5
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