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==Species== The genus contains 16 species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=August 2022 | title=Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors | work=IOC World Bird List Version 12.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/raptors/| publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=6 December 2022 }}</ref> {{Species table |genus=Circus |authority-name=Lacépède |authority-year=1799 |species-count=sixteen|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}} {{Species table/row |name= [[Montagu's harrier]]|binomial=[[Circus pygargus]] |image=File:A Montagu's Harrier male roosting for the night (50971610728).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus|authority-year= 1758 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Eurasia, winters in Africa and India |range-image=File:CircusPygargusIUCNver2019-2.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Hen harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus cyaneus]] |image=File:Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) (43999208970).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Eurasia |range-image=File:Circus cyaneus distribution map.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Northern harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus hudsonius]] |image=File:Circus hudsonius fencepost.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes |range= North America<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1186/s40657-016-0052-3|title=Molecular phylogeny, morphology and life-history comparisons within ''Circus cyaneus'' reveal the presence of two distinct evolutionary lineages|journal=Avian Research|volume=7|year=2016|last1=Etherington|first1=Graham J.|last2=Mobley|first2=Jason A.|doi-access=free}}</ref> |range-image=File:Circus hudsonius map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name= [[Western marsh harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus aeruginosus]] |image=File:Western Marsh Harrier- Bangalore, India.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus|authority-year= 1758 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Europe, western Asia; winter range includes Africa and India. |range-image=File:CircusAeruginosusIUCNver2016 3.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on | ''C. a. aeruginosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) | ''C. a. harterti'' [[Otto Eduard Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler|Zedlitz]], 1914 }} }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Eastern marsh harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus spilonotus]] |image=File:Circus spilonotus 232045041.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Kaup|authority-year= 1847 |authority-not-original= |range= Asia (migratory) |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[African marsh harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus ranivorus]] |image=File:Circus ranivorus.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Daudin|authority-year= 1800 |authority-not-original=yes |range= southern and central Africa |range-image=File:Circus ranivorus distribution.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Swamp harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus approximans]] |image=File:Circus approximans -Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand-8a (cropped).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Peale |authority-year=1849 |authority-not-original= |range= New Zealand, Australia, Pacific islands |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Papuan harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus spilothorax]] |image=|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Salvadori & D'Albertis |authority-year=1875 |authority-not-original= |range= New Guinea |range-image=File:Circus spilothorax distribution.PNG |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Malagasy harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus macrosceles]] |image=|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Newton |authority-year=1863 |authority-not-original= |range= Indian Ocean (Madagascar and the Comoro Islands) |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= EN |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name= [[Réunion harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus maillardi]] |image=File:Papangue Femelle, Route forestière de la Plaine d'Affouche, Parc National de La Réunion.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=J. Verreaux |authority-year=1862 |authority-not-original= |range= (Indian Ocean) Réunion Island |range-image=File:Circus maillardi distribution 1973-1975.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= EN |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name= [[Long-winged harrier]]|binomial=[[Circus buffoni]] |image=File:Circus buffoni male pale.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Gmelin, JF|authority-year= 1788 |authority-not-original=yes |range= South America |range-image=File:Circus buffoni map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Spotted harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus assimilis]] |image=File:Circus assimilis flight.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Jardine & Selby|authority-year= 1828 |authority-not-original= |range= Australia, Indonesia |range-image=File:Distribution circus assimilis.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Black harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus maurus]] |image=File:Circus maurus.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Temminck |authority-year=1828 |authority-not-original=yes |range= southern Africa |range-image=File:Black Harrier Distribution.jpg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= EN |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Cinereous harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus cinereus]] |image=File:Gavilán Ceniciento.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Vieillot|authority-year= 1816 |authority-not-original= |range= South America |range-image=File:Circus cinereus map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Pallid harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus macrourus]] |image=File:A Pallid Harrier Male Roosting (51041721888).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=S. G. Gmelin |authority-year=1770 |authority-not-original=yes |range= migratory: eastern Europe, Asia, Africa (winter) |range-image=File:CircusMacrourusIUCNver2018 2.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/row |name=[[Pied harrier]] |binomial=[[Circus melanoleucos]] |image=File:Pied Harrier (Female).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Pennant|authority-year= 1769|authority-not-original=yes |range= Asia |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/end}} ===Fossils=== * {{extinct}} [[Eyles's harrier]], ''Circus eylesi'' ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]]) * {{extinct}} [[Wood harrier]], ''Circus dossenus'' ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]])
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