#0584 · 🐦 birds

Western Marsh Harrier

🇳🇱 Bruine Kiekendief ·Circus aeruginosus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The western marsh harrier ( Circus aeruginosus ) is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier . The genus name Circus is derived from the Ancient Greek kirkos , referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight ( kirkos , "circle"), probably the hen harrier. The specific aeruginosus is Latin for "rusty".

base stats

NL sightings 1,206iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 67,397iNaturalist observations
weight 40 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).