Circus assimilis (spotted harrier) cropped

Query: Birds of prey

Result: 364^th of 1653

Subject:	Circus assimilis (spotted harrier) cropped
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Circus assimilis
Date 1872
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Schlegel, De dierentuin van het Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam, p. 25
Old Latin name Circus assimilis
New Latin name Circus assimilis
Common name Nederlands: Gevlekte kiekendief
Source: cropped from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circus_assimilis_-_1872_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18300193.tif

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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