Eastern marsh-harrier / Mangroveweihe (Circus spilonotus)

Wikipedia: Eastern marsh-harrier Source: OTHER Circus_spilotonus.jpg
Classification: Genus Harriers (Circus); Subfamily True hawks (Accipitrinae); Family Accipitridae
General: The eastern marsh harrier (Circus spilonotus) is a bird of prey belonging to the marsh harrier group of harriers. It was previously considered to be conspecific with the western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) but is now usually classified as a separate species. It has two subspecies: C. s. spilonotus in eastern Asia and C. s. spilothorax (Papuan harrier, perhaps a separate species) in New Guinea. [more]

🔍 No documented observation