Malagasy Harrier

Circus macrosceles - Busard de Madagascar

Busard de Madagascar
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Circus

  • Species
    :

    macrosceles

Descriptor

Newton, A, 1863

Biometrics
  • Size
    : cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Busard de Madagascar
♂ adult
Busard de Madagascar
♀ adult

Malagasy Harrier (Circus macrosceles) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Busard de Madagascar,
  • Aguilucho lagunero malgache,
  • tartaranhão-malgaxe,
  • Madagaskarweihe,
  • Madagaskarkiekendief,
  • Albanella del Madagascar,
  • madagaskarkärrhök,
  • madagaskarsivhauk,
  • kaňa madagaskarská,
  • moták madagaskarský,
  • Madagaskarrørhøg,
  • madagaskarinsuohaukka,
  • arpella de Madagascar,
  • błotniak maskareński,
  • Мадагаскарский болотный лунь,
  • マダガスカルチュウヒ,
  • 马岛鹞,
  • 馬達加斯加鷂,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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