Black Harrier
Circus maurus(Temminck, CJ, 1828)
English (US) Black Harrier
The Black Harrier (Circus maurus) 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: arid grassland of southern Namibia, southwestern Botswana, and South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Circus maurus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Black Harrier
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco maurus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1828)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.78, vol.1 pl.461
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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