#0814 · 🐦 birds

Pallid Harrier

🇳🇱 Steppekiekendief ·Circus macrourus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The pale or pallid harrier ( Circus macrourus ) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek. Circus is from kirkos , referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight ( kirkos , "circle"), probably the hen harrier and macrourus is "long-tailed", from makros , "long" and -ouros "-tailed".

base stats

NL sightings 20iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,869iNaturalist observations
weight 445 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

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).