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Circus macrourus
The Pallid Harrier is a stunning medium sized raptor. The male (pictured here) is pale grey with dark grey wings and yellow eyes and beak. The female is more similar to other harrier species with a brown body.
Undertakes a yearly migration, breeding in southern Europe and central Asia and wintering mainly in Asia and South-East Asia. This species is now classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Spotted on Feb 8, 2013
Submitted on Feb 9, 2013
8 Comments
Thank you Joshua! We caught him at preening/warming up time and felt lucky.
Beautiful portraiture on the first one Elsa. Gorgeous bird!
Thank you very much, he was a beauty!
Fantastic raptor, Elsa!
Thank you Neil! It was a lucky spot, I guess he must have been warming up as it was early morning.
Nice series Elsa. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Jared, we got pretty excited when he allowed us getting this close :)
Great Bird, Nice one Elsa!!!