Circus aeruginosus

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• Description
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 462 meters (1,516 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.13     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Inland Deltas   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.5     Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) • Circus aeruginosus Linnaeus 1758 • Circus æruginosus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Circus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. aeruginosus (European Marsh Harrier) · C. aeruginosus aeruginosus (European Marsh Harrier) · C. approximans (Australasian Harrier) · C. assimilis (Spotted Harrier) · C. buffoni (Long-Winged Harrier) · C. cinereus (Cinereous Harrier) · C. cyaneus (White-Rumped Hawk) · C. cyaneus cyaneus (Northern Harrier) · C. cyaneus hudsonius (Northern Harrier) · C. macrosceles (Madagascar Harrier) · C. macrourus (Pallid Harrier) · C. maillardi (Madagascar Marsh Harrier) · C. maurus (Black Harrier) · C. melanoleucos (Pied Harrier) · C. pygargus (Gymnogene Harrier-Hawk) · C. ranivorus (African Marsh-Harrier) · C. spilonotus (Spotted Marsh-Harrier)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Circus aeruginosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8509
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-559297
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 3085810
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 559297
• IUCN ID: 200537
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135871

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 252.380 based on 1,959 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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