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Pallid Harrier

Circus macrourus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,863, February 2,114, March 3,313, April 5,212, May 7,514, June 8,194, July 8,768, August 7,541, September 5,536, October 4,132, November 2,258, December 1,765.
United States59,210
Alaska59,210
Russia2,140
Altai Krai419
Novosibirsk Oblast269
India251
Chelyabinsk Oblast158
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast152
Bashkortostan89
Gujarāt85

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
  • DiurnalActive primarily during the dayFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group
  • Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
  • Vertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating vertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderHawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies · Accipitriformes
FamilyHawks, Eagles, and Kites · Accipitridae
GenusHarriers · Circus

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