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Common Name

Hen Harrier

Alternate Names

Common Type

Harrier

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Circus

Species

cyaneus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Iraq,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Open areas including bogs, prairies, farmland, swamps and grasslands.

Distribution and Range

Summers in northern Europe and Asia and winters in southern Europe and temperate Asia

Food

One of the few raptors that practice polygyny - one male with several females. Hunts for rodents on wing by flying close to the ground.

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