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Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds. The young of the species are sometimes referred to as ring-tail harriers. They are distinctive with long wings, a long narrow tail, the slow and low flight over grasslands and skull peculiarities.
Harriers stand between 19 and 21 inches at the shoulder, and adults weigh between 45 and 65 lbs. They do shed, have short hair and hanging ears, and come in a variety of color patterns. A humorous description of a Harrier is that of "a Beagle on steroids ", despite its resemblance to an English Foxhound.
Cross-country runner, sometimes referred to as harriers; Faythe Harriers, an Irish hurling team; Kidderminster Harriers F.C., an English football team One of the following athletics clubs:
The harriers circle an area several times listening and looking for prey. Harriers use hearing regularly to find prey, as they have exceptionally good hearing for diurnal raptors, this being the function of their owl-like facial disc. [12] This harrier tends to be a very vocal bird while it glides over its hunting ground.
Harriers are diurnal birds of prey of the Circinae subfamily of Accipitridae. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P. Polyboroides (3 P)
Some harriers have evolved to become polygynous, with a single smaller male breeding with and then helping multiple females raise young. [39] The most extreme known species of accipitrid in terms of sociality is the Harris's hawks ( Parabuteo unicinctus ), which up to seven fully-grown birds may hunt, nest and brood cooperatively, with the ...
Although the term "bird of prey" could theoretically be taken to include all birds that actively hunt and eat other animals, [4] ornithologists typically use the narrower definition followed in this page, [5] excluding many piscivorous predators such as storks, cranes, herons, gulls, skuas, penguins, and kingfishers, as well as many primarily ...
The first pack of harriers was imported in 1873, becoming the Pakuranga Hunt, followed by the Christchurch Hunt in 1880. [6] Today there are 28 packs of harriers in New Zealand; [7] predominantly they are hare hunts, but the Waitemata Hunt is a drag hunt. [8]