Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius - Busard d'Amérique Busard des marais
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Circus
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Species:
hudsonius
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 50 cm
- Wingspan: 102 à 118 cm.
- Weight: 300 à 750 g
Longevity
7 years
Geographic range
Identification
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Busard d'Amérique,
- Aguilucho de Hudson,
- tartaranhão-cinzento-americano,
- Hudsonweihe,
- Amerikaanse Blauwe Kiekendief,
- Albanella americana,
- amerikansk kärrhök,
- Mørkmyrhauk,
- kaňa americká,
- moták severoamerický,
- Amerikansk Kærhøg,
- arpella pàl·lida americana,
- błotniak amerykański,
- Американский лунь,
- アメリカハイイロチュウヒ,
- 北鹞,
- amerikansk kärrhök,
- 北方澤鵟,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal ; Shrubland : Boreal, Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Plantations
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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