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The northern harrier (Circus hudsonius), also known as the marsh hawk or ring-tailed hawk, is a bird of prey. It breeds throughout the northern parts of the northern hemisphere in Canada and the northernmost USA .
Northern harrier, adult male. The genus Circus was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. [2] The type species was subsequently designated as the western marsh harrier. [3] [4] Most harriers are placed in this genus.
Long-winged harrier: Accipitridae: Circus buffoni (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 180 Spotted harrier: Accipitridae: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828: 181 Black harrier: Accipitridae: Circus maurus (Temminck, 1828) 182 Hen harrier: Accipitridae: Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) 183 Northern harrier: Accipitridae: Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus, 1766) 184 ...
Northern Harrier. Northern Harriers are hawks that live in North America, Europe, and Asia. They are often seen gliding low over fields and marshes in search of prey. 34. Native Australian Frog
“Northern Harrier and short eared owls have finally returned to this land and to imagine them offset again is gut wrenching,” sighed Gretton. “Our locals work hard to preserve this habitat ...
Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the boreal forest covers 2.3 million square miles, a larger area than the remaining Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Although it is largely forest, the boreal forests include a network of lakes , river valleys, wetlands , peat lands and semi-open tundra .
In winter, the hen harrier is a bird of open country, and will then roost communally, often with merlins and marsh harriers. There is now an accepted record of transatlantic vagrancy by the northern harrier, with a juvenile being recorded in Scilly, Great Britain from October 1982 to June 1983. [16]
The refuge is also used by peregrine falcon, bald eagle, northern harrier, Caspian tern, great blue heron, songbirds, and a variety of waterfowl. [ 3 ] The accessible boardwalk offers a means to develop and implement interpretation and education programs for the more than half a million shorebirds who pass by each year on their way through the ...