Circus macrourus

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• Common Names
• Description
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Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,911 meters (0 to 9,551 feet).[1]

Ecology: It breeds in semi-desert, steppe and forest-steppe up to 2,000 m , where its favoured nesting sites are wet grasslands close to small rivers and lakes , and marshlands6,9. A small minority of the population breeds in the boreal forest and forest-tundra zones, north of its main breeding range3,4, where it nests in clearings and other open areas6. Semi-desert, scrub , savanna and wetlands are used in winter2.

[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Circus macrourus (Gmelin, 1770) • Circus macrourus (S. G. Gmelin, 1770)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Gmelin,S.G. Reise Russl.Vol.1, 1770.

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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Further Reading

• A guide to the birds of Nepal Christopher Helm (Publishers) Ltd. url p. 112.
• A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. .. Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] url p. 175.
• A manual of palæarctic birds, by H. E. Dresser. London, The author, 1902-03. url p. 506.
• A synopsis of the Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey): comprising species and subspecies described up to 1920, with their characters and distribution / London: Wheldon & Wesley, 1922. url , .
• Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki: Societas, 1875-1980. url p. 119, p. 40, p. 95.
• An environmental profile of the Black Sea Coast WCMC url p. 101, p. 35.
• Aves. Appendix: On some points in the anatomy of Bradypterus cinnamomeus, by W.P. Pycraft. London, Printed for the Society, 1910. url p. 443.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 502, p. 91.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 100.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 163, p. 202, p. 346.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 79 1936 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 131, p. 148, p. 211, p. 400, p. 49, p. 513, p. 515, p. 65, p. 95.
• Catalogue of a collection of birds from British East Africa, by Ned Dearborn. .. 1 1909 Chicago, 1909. url p. 154.
• Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] url p. 402.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 265, p. 318.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 116, p. 129, p. 193, p. 95.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 100, p. 183, p. 57, p. 82.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 278, p. 45.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 99.
• Contents and index to volume 1 / Charles B. Cory. 1 1917 Chicago: Natural History Museum, 1917. url p. 350.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 180, p. 510, p. 75, p. 764.
• Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 194.
• IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas IUCN url p. 106, p. 284.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 158, p. 199, p. 239, p. 242, p. 366, p. 432, p. 481, p. 607, p. 703, p. 74.
• Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society: official publication of the Coryndon Memorial Museum (Museum Trustees of Kenya). Nairobi, Kenya: The Museum, 1942-[1960] url p. 163.
• Mammals of the Soviet Union / V.G. Heptner, A.A. Nasimovich, and A.G. Bannikov; scientific editor, Robert S. Hoffmann. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, 1988- url p. 455.
• Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress. [Canberra, etc.]Australian Academy of Science [etc.] url p. 128, p. 384.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 18 1895 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 571.
• Roentgenologic studies of Egyptian and Peruvian mummies / by Roy L. Moodie --; Berthold Laufer --, editor. Chicago:Field Museum Press, 1931. url p. 58.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 277, p. 281, p. 313, p. 316, p. 593, p. 611, p. 612, p. 687.
• Spixiana. 11 1989 München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url fig. 15, p. 282, p. 298, p. 300.
• Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies. Calcutta: s.n., 1872-1899. url , p. 199, p. 249, p. 74.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 297.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 423, p. 564, p. 588.
• The oo?logist's record. London, Harrison and Sons, [1921]-[1969] url p. 47.
• Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 443.
• Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 260.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 39.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2008. Circus macrourus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• BeBIF Provider: Royal Museum of Central Africa - Albertian Rift Birds (ENBI wp13)
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8519
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175436
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175436
• IUCN ID: 200544
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 661

Footnotes

1. Mean = 28.720 meters (94.226 feet), Standard Deviation = 44.800 based on 141,635 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2008. Circus macrourus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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