Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) - HBW 2, p. 138
French: Busard tacheté
German: Fleckenweihe
Spanish: Aguilucho Moteado
Other common names: Jardine's/Allied Harrier
Taxonomy: Circus assimilis Jardine and Selby, 1828, Sydney, New South Wales.
Formerly recognized race quirindus of Sulawesi doubtfully valid. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia; Sulawesi and Sula Is (C Moluccas); also recorded on Sumba and Timor (Lesser Sundas), but probably migrants.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying over a field Locality Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 9 November 2006 4 years ago 34 sec 3.6 -
A bird on the ground and taking flight Locality Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 19 July 2007 3 years ago 18 sec 3.4 -
A juvenile bird flying and then landing on a grassland. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 28 sec 3
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Juvenile perched on a dead tree
Locality Birdsville Track, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 12 October 2010 47 weeks ago 3.7 -
single bird perched in dead tree
Locality Lake Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Mat Gilfedder 30 July 2006 2 years ago 3.3 -
Spotted Harrier resting on the ground
Locality Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 13 August 2008 4 weeks ago 3.2 -
On the ground
Locality Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 13 August 2008 47 weeks ago 2.9 -
A juvenile bird standing on the ground.
Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 1.6
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