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Long-winged Harrier
Circus Buffoni
-34.9105, -54.8922
Field Notes
Description:
The long-winged harrier is a species of bird of prey, native to South America. There are two forms: one with a light breast (that is the one featured in this series) and one with a dark breast. It normally hunts alone in wetlands and marshes. This one was spotted in the wetlands of Arroyo Maldonado near La Barra. In the last photo you can see a Brown-and-yellow marshbird trying to scare the harrier off.
Habitat:
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Long-winged harrier
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2014
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