Eurasian Marsh Harrier

distribution of western marsh harrier
Names, conservation status and distribution
eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Amboseli National Park
eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Amboseli National Park

eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Amboseli National Park
eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Ol Pejeta Conservancy

eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Amboseli National Park
eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Amboseli National Park
eurasian marsh harrier, western marsh harrier, busard des roseaux, aguilucho lagunero occidental, Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus, Rohrweihe, birds of prey, raptors of kenya, widllife of kenya
Amboseli National Park

The western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier. The western marsh harrier is often divided into two subspecies, the widely migratory C. a. aeruginosus which is found across most of its range, and C. a. harterti which is resident all-year in north-west Africa. The one we find in Kenya is the first one.

 

This species has a wide breeding range from Europe and northwestern Africa to Central Asia and the northern parts of the Middle East. It breeds in almost every country of Europe but is absent from mountainous regions and subarctic Scandinavia. It is rare but increasing in Great Britain where it has spread as far as eastern Scotland. In the Middle East there are populations in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, while in Central Asia the range extends eastwards as far as north-west China, Mongolia, and the Lake Baikal region of Siberia.

 

Most populations of the western marsh harrier are migratory or dispersive. Some birds winter in milder regions of southern and western Europe, while others migrate to the Sahel, Nile basin and Great Lakes region in Africa, or to Arabia, the Indian subcontinent, and Myanmar. The all-year resident subspecies harterti inhabits Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

 

Source : Wikipedia