Pallid harrier: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pallid harrier lives – recorded in 40 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Circus macrourus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	40 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	28 g (birth weight); 322 g (male organism, adult weight); 445 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the pallid harrier live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pallid harrier in 40 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso. In Belgium it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a pallid harrier?

Wikidata records the following for the pallid harrier: mass 28 g (birth weight); 322 g (male organism, adult weight); 445 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the pallid harrier endangered?

The pallid harrier’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pallid harrier?

The pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Circus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pallid harrier

The pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) is a species of harrier, a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It breeds in southern parts of eastern Europe and central Asia and Iran and winters mainly in India and southeast Asia. It is a rare but increasing vagrant to Great Britain and western Europe. In 2017 a pair of pallid harriers nested in a barley field in the Netherlands; they raised four chicks, the first recorded breeding of the species in the country. In 2019, a pair bred in Spain for the first time.

This medium-sized raptor breeds on open plains, bogs and heathland. In winter it is a bird of open country.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pallid harrier (revision 1379729635), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q230837 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).