Malagasy Harrier

Circus macrosceles - Busard de Madagascar

Systematics

Order
:
Accipitriformes
Family
:
Accipitridés
Genus
:
Circus
Species
:
macrosceles

Descriptor

Newton, A, 1863

Biometrics

Size
: cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Malagasy Harrier (Circus macrosceles) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Busard de Madagascar,
Aguilucho lagunero malgache,
tartaranhão-malgaxe,
Madagaskarweihe,
Madagaskarkiekendief,
Albanella del Madagascar,
madagaskarkärrhök,
madagaskarsivhauk,
kaňa madagaskarská,
moták madagaskarský,
Madagaskarrørhøg,
madagaskarinsuohaukka,
arpella de Madagascar,
błotniak maskareński,
Мадагаскарский болотный лунь,
マダガスカルチュウヒ,
马岛鹞,
madagaskarkärrhök,
馬達加斯加鷂,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest