Pallid Harrier
Circus macrourus(Gmelin, SG, 1770)
English (US) Pallid Harrier
The Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) 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: breeds central Eurasia; winters to southern Africa, India, and MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Circus macrourus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Pallid Harrier
- Described by
- (Gmelin, SG, 1770)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Accipiter macrourus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, SG, 1770)
- Type locality
- Voronezh, southern Russia.
- Original description
- Reise durch Russland zur Untersuchung der drey Natur-Reiche 1 p.48
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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