SWAMP HARRIER

Photographed at Ambury, New Zealand, June 2017

(*    489)            SWAMP HARRIER           Circus approximans 

NEW ZEALAND               4

Also known as Australasian Harrier; regarded as abundant native in New Zealand. Found over farmland, tussock land, swamps and forest edges. Male 55 cm; female 60 cm. 

Photographed on North Island, June 2017

Photographed at Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, June 2017

SWAMP HARRIER

Photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania, January 2015

489          SWAMP HARRIER               Circus approximans

Australia           (330)

Also known as Marsh Harrier and Small Swamp Hawk. 50-61 cm, wingspan 1.45 m. Range all across Australia, breeds in the southern states. Found in swamps and wetlands, tall grasslands, grain-crops, coasts, islands, heathlands, salt marsh, bracken, boredrains.

Juvenile or young immature, photographed Edithvale, Victoria, February 2017

Immature or sub-adult male, photographed Edithvale, Victoria, February 2017