Circus jardinii = Circus assimilis (spotted harrier)

Query: Birds of prey

Result: 212^th of 1653

Subject:	Circus jardinii = Circus assimilis (spotted harrier)
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Circus jardinii = Circus assimilis (spotted harrier)

Date between 1837 and 1838
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/45925299 - A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent Islands /
Author John Gould
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_synopsis_of_the_birds_of_Australia%2C_and_the_adjacent_Islands_BHL45925299.jpg

The spotted harrier (Circus assimilis) also known as the smoke hawk, is a large Australasian bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae. The spotted harrier belongs to the family Accipitridae. Accipitridae is the largest family in the order Accipitriformes and encompasses many of the diurnal birds of prey including hawks and eagles. The spotted harrier is native to Australia and Indonesia, however vagrant populations have been seen in Timor-Leste. Spotted harriers can be seen throughout most of Australia's mainland, except in densely forested or woodland habitats of the coast, escarpments and ranges, and rarely in Tasmania.

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circus
Species: Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828

Birds of prey
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