Long-winged Harrier
Circus buffoni(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Long-winged Harrier
The Long-winged Harrier (Circus buffoni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: grassland of tropical South America, including Trinidad and TobagoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Circus buffoni
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-winged Harrier
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco Buffoni
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- northeastern Brazil.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.277
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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