Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Black Harrier

Circus maurus

The Black Harrier (Circus maurus) is a 509 g scrub bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

509 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in South Africa, Lesotho.

Where to see it: Black Mountains · East (Lesotho); Sani Pass (LS) (Lesotho); Sani Pass (LS) to Black Mountains (Lesotho); Kruger NP · Skukuza Camp (Camp only; please use more precise hotspots for drives) (South Africa).

Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist