Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

The Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) is a 393 g grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

393 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

73

Recorded in United States, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, United Kingdom, Norway, Mexico, Germany, Russia, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Estonia, Israel, Isle of Man, China, Ukraine, Turkey, Poland, Ireland, Bulgaria, India, Greece, Austria, Czechia, Taiwan, Hungary, Belize, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Japan, Switzerland, Georgia, Costa Rica, Iran, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Mongolia, Lithuania, Serbia, Cyprus, Nepal, BM, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Belarus, Slovenia, Panama, Bhutan, Latvia, Honduras, Guatemala, Luxembourg, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Bahamas, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Palestine, Iraq, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates, KY, Moldova, Åland, Puerto Rico, XK, Jordan.

Where to see it: Absheron Park · General Area (Azerbaijan); Joint Base Balad (Iraq); Besh Barmag bottleneck (Azerbaijan); Calf of Man (Isle of Man); El Oso · Laguna y entorno (Spain).

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