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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
Observations recorded46,155
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 89
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNS, YPM, CAS, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Russia, Turkmenistan, China, Philippines, Madagascar
Bird sounds
- call· Malaysia· quality A
- display flight· Mongolia· quality A
- song· Mongolia· quality B
- uncertain· China· quality C
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
Show 9 more facts
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Circus spilonotus
- taxon name
- Circus spilonotus
- taxon common name
- águia-sapeira-oriental
- litter size
- 4.6
- endemic to
- Kaziranga National Park
- taxon range
- Africa
- short name
- C. spilonotus
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The eastern marsh harrier (Circus spilonotus) is a bird of prey belonging to the marsh harrier group of harriers. It was previously considered to be conspecific with the western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) but is now usually classified as a separate species. It has two subspecies: C. s. spilonotus in eastern Asia and C. s. spilothorax (Papuan harrier, perhaps a separate species) in New Guinea.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Circus spilonotus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.