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Pied Harrier
Circus melanoleucus
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| Status: Lower risk |
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| Population Trend: Declining. |
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| Distribution: Indomalayan/Palearctic. Breeds in southern SIBERIA (Lake Baikal) and MONGOLIA east to Amur, northeastern CHINA (Manchuria), NORTH KOREA, and JAPAN (rarely) south to northern MYANMAR and northeastern INDIA (Assam); winters from PAKISTAN, INDIA and SRI LANKA to southern CHINA, BORNEO, and PHILIPPINES. more.... |
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| Subspecies: Monotypic. |
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| Movements: Complete, long distance migrant (Bildstein 2006). more.... |
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| Habitat and Habits: In its breeding range, it is found in open dry steppe, river valleys, meadows, swamps, lake basins, coatal marshes, ricefields, and reed beds. Like other harrier species, it courses low over the ground, flying back and forth searching for prey. Perches on ground or grassy embankments (Kennedy et al. 2000). more.... |
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| Food and Feeding Behavior: Feeds on small rodents, frogs, small birds, and their nestlings (Flint 1984). |
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| Breeding: Nests on the ground, in tall grass or bushes (Flint 1984). Clutch size 3-6 white eggs. more.... |
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| Conservation: Categorized globally as a species of "Least Concern" by BirdLife International. more.... |
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| Population Estimates: The global population is estimated to be around 10,000 individuals (BirdLife International). |
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Important References:
Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and
Russia. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
Ferguson-Lees, J., and D.A. Christie. 2001. Raptors of the world. Houghton
Mifflin, Boston, MA.
Orta, J. 1994. Pied Harrier. P. 140 in del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J.
Sargatal (eds). Handbook of birds of the world. Vol. 2. New World vultures
to guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Simmons, R. 2000. Harriers of the world: their behaviour and ecology.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
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Researchers:
Deshmukh, Ajit
Naoroji, Rishad K.
Saharudin, Muhd Hakim
Scott, Don
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Last modified: 2/12/2012 |
Recommended Citation: Global Raptor Information Network. 2017. Species account: Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucus. Downloaded from http://www.globalraptors.org on 16 Aug. 2017
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