Pied Harrier

Circus melanoleucos - Busard tchoug

Busard tchoug
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Circus

  • Species
    :

    melanoleucos

Descriptor

Pennant, 1769

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 49 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 103 à 116 cm.
  • Weight
    : 254 à 455 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Busard tchoug
♂ adult
Busard tchoug
♂ adult

Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Busard tchoug,
  • Aguilucho pío,
  • tartaranhão-alvinegro,
  • Elsterweihe,
  • tarka rétihéja,
  • Bonte Kiekendief,
  • Albanella bianconera,
  • svartvit kärrhök,
  • Praktkjerrhauk,
  • kaňa strakatá,
  • moták černobílý,
  • Broget Kærhøg,
  • huppusuohaukka,
  • arpella d'espatlles blanques,
  • błotniak czarnogłowy,
  • sēmā lija,
  • Пегий лунь,
  • Elang-rawa tangling,
  • マダラチュウヒ,
  • 鹊鹞,
  • เหยี่ยวด่างดำขาว,
  • 花澤鵟〔鵲鷂〕,

Voice song and call

Busard tchoug
♂ adult

Habitat

Busard tchoug
adult

Shrubland : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Distribution

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

Sources of information

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