Adult male © Roksana and Terry eBird S61731355 Macaulay Library ML 189755831
Female/immature male © Craig Brelsford
Female/immature male © Craig Brelsford
Immature male © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Female © Steve Percival
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Female/immature male © Patrick MONNEY
Adult male © Christoph Moning

Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus

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Identification

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Medium-sized harrier, flies with wings held in a V-shape, low over open fields and marshes, listening for rodents lurking below. Distinctive foraging behavior and conspicuous white patch on rump in all plumages. Five long primary ‘finger tips’ prominent in flight. Females and immatures are warm brown with streaky breasts. Adult male has plain mid-gray wings with black wingtips and paler belly.

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