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 7 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 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
A juvenile
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 8 September 2011 21 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 24 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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