#0786 · 🐦 birds
Montagu's Harrier
🇳🇱 Grauwe Kiekendief ·Circus pygargus
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what is it?
The Montagu's harrier ( Circus pygargus ) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. Its common name commemorates the British naturalist George Montagu.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 14,341 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 370 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Montagu's Harrier
- Nederlands
- Grauwe Kiekendief
- scientific name
- Circus pygargus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Accipitriformes
- family
- Accipitridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 11,173
- sightings worldwide
- 14,341
- GBIF records in NL
- 30,061
- weight
- 370 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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LC 👀 4.1k in NL
#0584 📷 9Western Marsh Harrier
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LC 👀 1.2k in NL
#0609 📷 10Eurasian Sparrowhawk
🇳🇱 Sperwer
Accipiter nisus
LC 👀 694 in NL
#0622 📷 8White-tailed Eagle
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Haliaeetus albicilla
LC 👀 494 in NL
#0654 📷 10Hen Harrier
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Circus cyaneus
LC 👀 271 in NL
#0655 📷 9European Honey-buzzard
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Pernis apivorus
LC 👀 268 in NL
#0656 📷 10Eurasian Goshawk
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LC 👀 261 in NL
#0713 📷 10Red Kite
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 5167, Wikidata Q26574, GBIF 2480495, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.