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Common Name

African Marsh Harrier

Alternate Names

Common Type

Harrier

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Circus

Species

ranivorus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Uganda,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Wetlands

Distribution and Range

Southern, central and eastern Africa

Food

Hunts for rodents, birds, reptiles and insects by flying about ten yards above the ground.

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Field Notes:

Unlike many harriers, it is monogamous and remains on the breeding territory for most of the year. The African marsh harrier does not form communal roosts, unlike other harriers and normally roosts solitarily

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