Northern Harrier

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Camargue, Jan 2012

Bird name: Northern Harrier
Latin: Circus cyaneus
Other: Hen Harrier (UK) • Busard Saint-Martin (Fr) • Kornweihe (De) • Aguilucho pálido, Gavilán rastrero (Es) • Albanella reale (It) • Blauwe kiekendief (Nl) • Blå kärrhök (Sv) • Tartaranhão-azulado (Pt)
Family: Accipitridae • Harriers, Birds of Prey
Range: Europe, Asia
Similar:

Record shots of a Hen Harrier, the Circus cyaneus cyaneus subspecies of Northern Harrier, seen in January in the Camargue, flying low over salt marshes.

The IOC lump both US and Eurasian subspecies as Northern Harrier - the latter also describes just the US subspecies, C. c. hudsonius, split by some taxonomies.

Note white band on rump.