The African marsh harrier is a bird of prey in the harrier genus Circus, largely resident in wetland habitats across southern, central and eastern Africa from South Africa north to South Sudan. It is 44 to 47 centimeters long, with females roughly 30 percent heavier than males, adults have yellow eyes while immature birds have brown eyes, and its plumage is predominantly brown with pale streaking on the head and breast. It is slimmer and paler than the Eurasian marsh harrier and, unlike Montagu's and pallid harriers, it lacks a white rump; its conservation status is Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Circus, Taxa Source African marsh harrier (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source African marsh harrier (Wikidata)
In Ecosystem
Source African marsh harrier (Wikipedia)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. African marsh harrier (Wikipedia)
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System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
The African marsh harrier is a bird of prey in the harrier genus Circus, largely resident in wetland habitats across southern, central and eastern Africa from South Africa north to South Sudan.
In Ecosystem: Okavango Delta, Conservation
Outside South Africa there are still large areas of suitable habitat, e.g. the Okavango Delta in Botswana and over much of Zambia, and the species is still locally common .
View the Source3. African marsh harrier (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q17556 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Circus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
- In Biome: Wetlands, Introduction
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Circus ranivorus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 4628Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 4628
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