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Long-winged Harrier

Circus Buffoni

Description:

The long-winged harrier is a species of bird of prey, native to South America. There are two forms: one with a light breast (that is the one featured in this series) and one with a dark breast. It normally hunts alone in wetlands and marshes. This one was spotted in the wetlands of Arroyo Maldonado near La Barra. In the last photo you can see a Brown-and-yellow marshbird trying to scare the harrier off.

Habitat:

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

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4 Comments

remco.douma
remco.douma 9 years ago

Thanks Amadeus! :-)

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 9 years ago

Amazing series remco! Thank you for sharing :)

remco.douma
remco.douma 9 years ago

Thank you James!

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

Lovely series remco

remco.douma
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San Rafael - El Placer, Maldonado, Uruguay

Spotted on Aug 29, 2014
Submitted on Sep 1, 2014

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