hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) - Falco cinereo albus, Der aschfarbige Würgefalke

Query: Birds of prey

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Subject:	hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) - Falco cinereo albus, Der aschfarbige Würgefalke
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1. Falco cinereo albus. Der aschfarbige Würgefalke. = hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Description
Illustrationen aus: Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel. 2. Band, Wien: Typographische Gesellschaft, 1791.
Date 1791
Source http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00068671-7
Author Joachim Johann Nepomuk Spalowsky
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beytrag_zur_Naturgeschichte_der_V%C3%B6gel_2_Tafel_01.jpg

The hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) or northern harrier (in the Americas) is a bird of prey. The genus name Circus is derived from Ancient Greek kirkos, meaning "circle", referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight. The specific cyaneus is Latin, meaning "dark-blue".

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