- Circus cinereus
Description
Photo taken: Laguna Nimez, Calafate, Argentina
Identification
Cinereous Harrier (Circus cinereus)
(treated as a race of Hen Harrier C. cyaneus by some authors)
Range: South America. Breeds from Colombia and Peru south through Chile, Paraguay, south-eastern Brazil, Uruguay and much of Argentina to Tierra del Fuego. A partial-migrant in south of range. Rare visitor and probable former breeder in the Falkland Islands.
Habitat: Found in marshes and open grasslands.