Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Cinereous Harrier

Circus cinereus

The Cinereous Harrier (Circus cinereus) is a 400 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

400 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay.

Where to see it: SN Laguna Batuco (Chile); Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile); PN Iberá · Portal Laguna Iberá (Carlos Pellegrini y Laguna Iberá) (Argentina); Estero Mantagua (Chile).

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