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Circus cinereus
Photo by Sussex bird man

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.

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