Family
Accipitridae
Description
Large long-winged brownish hawk with a white rump, breast whitish buff with deeper streaks.
Habits
Diurnal, Partly nomadic and migratory. Traditional territories.
Habitat
Wetlands, open country, including swamps and any water, patrols shores and shallow water areas; and adjacent swampy cover; saltmarshes; grasslands; crops.
Breeding
September October November December January, 3 to 5; bluish-white, without gloss. Both sexes build nest, only the female incubates, broods and feeds the young. Incubation period 32-34 days, fledge in 42-46 days.
Parks
Kakadu National Park
Diet
Carnivore, Birds (waterfowl); rabbits; small mammals; reptiles; birds eggs and nestlings.
Details
| Common Name: |
Swamp Harrier |
Scientific Name: |
Circus approximans |
| Sub Order: |
Unavailable |
Order: |
Falconiformes |
| Class: |
Aves |
Category: |
Native |
| Status: |
Least Concern |
Size: |
510 -610 mm, span up to 1.2 m. |
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