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Pacific Marsh Harrier (Swamp Harrier) | Pacific Marsh Harrier (Swamp Harrier) | ||
| − | treated as a race of Marsh Harrier C. aeroginosus by some authors | + | treated as a race of Marsh Harrier ''C. aeroginosus'' by some authors |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open country, crops, paddyfields and swamps. | Open country, crops, paddyfields and swamps. | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 4 February 2008
- Circus approximans
Identification
Distribution
Australasia. Breeds in southern New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and on many Pacific islands including the Society Islands, Tonga, the Fijian Islands from Kandavu to the Lau Archipelago, Vanuatu (reported on Aneiteum, Tanna, Erromanga, Efate and Santo), the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia, Lifu and Uvea. Widespread in Australia, particularly in the north, east and south-east, but also in the south-western corner and can occur throughout most of the country except the more arid regions of the interior. China and in Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan. Also occurs in Tasmania where a summer visitor. In New Zealand breeds on North and South Islands and a straggler south to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.
Taxonomy
Pacific Marsh Harrier (Swamp Harrier) treated as a race of Marsh Harrier C. aeroginosus by some authors
Habitat
Open country, crops, paddyfields and swamps.
