Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Montagu's Harrier*
Id (Atlas):
Circus pygargus
Description (10 )
Montagu's Harrier
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
43 - 50 cm
Wingspan: 102 - 123 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Habitat
Fens, wet fields, heaths, moors and dunes during the breeding season.
Afghanistan (P), Albania, Algeria, Andorra (B), Armenia (B) (P), Austria (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain, Belarus (B), Belgium (B), Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Botswana, Bulgaria (B) (NB) (P), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (P), Cyprus (P), Czech Republic (B) (NB), Denmark (B) (P), Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia (B), Ethiopia, Finland (B), France (B) (P), Gambia, Georgia (B) (P), Germany (B), Ghana, Gibraltar (P), Greece (B) (P), Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Hungary (B) (P), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (P), Israel, Italy (B) (P), Jordan (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Latvia (B), Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein (P), Lithuania (B) (NB), Luxembourg (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova [Republic of] (B) (NB), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles (B), Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Poland (B), Portugal (B), Romania (B) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (P), Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia (B), Sierra Leone, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (P), Somalia, South Africa, Spain (B) (NB) (P), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden (B), Switzerland (B), Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Tunisia, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine (B) (NB) (P), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (B), Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Iceland, Ireland, Norway.
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Food
Small mammals, birds and reptiles.
Voice
A high-pitched 'yik-yik-yik' uttered over nesting sites. Otherwise silent.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (121)... )
Listen to XC433709
Montagu's Harrier (Circus ) [XC433709 ]
by Jos\u00e9 Carlos Sires from Sierra Norte de Sevilla (near Gerena), Sevilla, Andaluc\u00eda, Spain (call)
Listen to XC100625
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus ) [XC100625 ]
by Jarek Matusiak from Biebrza, Bagno \u0141awki (\u0141awki Swamp), Lower Biebrza Basin, Grobla Honczarowska, Poland (call, song, song of male and call of female)
Nest
A depression on the ground, lined with grasses.
Eggs (Guide )
4; white or pale bluish; ellipsoidal. Incubation: 28 - 29 days; by female.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7
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