Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

The Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) is a 704 g wetland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

704 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

99

Recorded in Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, India, Germany, Georgia, Senegal, Portugal, Norway, Israel, Mali, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Italy, Czechia, Finland, Mauritania, Estonia, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Guinea, Romania, Iran, Serbia, Croatia, EH, Oman, Cyprus, Slovakia, Switzerland, Lithuania, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Kenya, Belarus, Egypt, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Gambia, Slovenia, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Uganda, Moldova, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Palestine, Qatar, Armenia, Pakistan, Malta, JE, Ireland, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Albania, Montenegro, Mongolia, Lebanon, Nepal, South Africa, XK, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Tajikistan, Bosnia and Herz., Thailand, Luxembourg, Benin, GG, Sri Lanka, GI, Cameroon, Iraq, Burkina Faso, North Macedonia, China, Republic of the Congo, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Chad, Bahrain, Myanmar, Rwanda.

Where to see it: Les Mielles NR · The Scrape (Jersey); La Clare Mare NR (Guernsey); Les Mielles NR · St. Ouen's Pond and National Trust for Jersey Wetland Centre (Jersey); Kurtlinskoye Reservoir and vicinity (Turkmenistan); Buskett Gardens (Malta).

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