Least ConcernMontagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
62 countries76 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 3 species of harrier, in the family Accipitridae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 3.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 62 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It nests on the ground among the wheat, so the harvest destroys many nests.
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It nests directly on the ground in cereal fields, which leaves its nests extremely vulnerable to farm machinery at harvest.
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It is a raptor that nests on the ground in cereal fields, and the harvest usually comes before the chicks can fly: every year volunteers and farmers locate and fence thousands of nests in Spain to save them.
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It hunts in slow, low flight over the vegetation, taking small mammals, waterbirds, amphibians and fish.
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It lives in marshes, wetlands and reedbeds of Europe, western Asia and North Africa.
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The female is noticeably heavier than the male.
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The males perform a roller-coaster display flight of zigzagging dives.
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It has exceptional hearing for a diurnal raptor, thanks to a facial disc like an owl's that lets it locate prey hidden in the grass.
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