A harrier, also known as a harrier hawk is any member of a group of hawks birds in the Circinae subfamily of the Accipitridae.

Species

_{* Extinct species not included.}

• black_harrier (Circus maurus)
• cinereous_harrier (Circus cinereus)
• hen_harrier (Circus cyaneus)
• long-winged_harrier (Circus buffoni)
• marsh_harrier
• african_marsh_harrier (Circus ranivorus)
• eastern_marsh_harrier (Circus spilonotus)
• malagasy_harrier (Circus macrosceles) - Also known as the Madagascar harrier, Madagascar marsh harrier or Malagasy marsh harrier.
• papuan_harrier (Circus spilothorax) - Once a subspecies of the Eastern marsh harrier. See: Wikipedia
• réunion_harrier (Circus maillardi) - Also known as the réunion marsh harrier. The malagasy harrier was once a subspecies.
• swamp_harrier (Circus approximans) - Also known as the Australasian marsh harrier, Australasian harrier, Pacific marsh harrier, or swamp-hawk.
• western_marsh_harrier (Circus aeruginosus) - Also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier.
• montagu's_harrier (Circus pygargus)
• northern_harrier (Circus hudsonius)
• pallid_harrier (Circus macrourus) - Also known as the pale harrier.
• pied_harrier (Circus melanoleucos) - May look similar to pallid harriers.
• spotted_harrier (Circus assimilis) - Also known as the smoke hawk.

Associated Species

Geranospiza, and Polyboroides genera traditionally are placed within Circinae, but the validity of this placement is in question. Members of the genus Circus are suggested to be more closely associated with Accipter and the true hawks, while these two genera are more closely associated with buteo, and the Buteoninae subfamily of the Accipitridae. The term true harrier would refer to any species of the genus Circus, which would exclude these two genera.

• crane_hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
• Polyboroides
• african_harrier-hawk (P. typus)
• madagascan_harrier-hawk (P. radiatus)

External links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_(bird)

See also

• avian
• bird
• accipitriform
• accipitrid
• harrier