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'''Circus''' is a genus of harriers.
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|subphylum=Vertebrata
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|superclass=Tetrapoda
|class=Aves
|subclass=Neornithes
|infraclass=Neoaves
|superorder=Passerimorphae
|order=Accipitriformes
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|infraorder=Falconides
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|family=Accipitridae
|subfamily=Perninae
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'''Circus''' is a genus of hawk-like birds commonly known as harriers, and so-named for the circling aerial maneuvers both sexes make during courtship.
==Species==
==Species==
*[[African marsh harrier]]
*[[African marsh harrier]], ''Circus ranivorus''
*[[Black harrier]]
*[[Black harrier]], ''Circus maurus''
*[[Cinereous harrier]]
*[[Cinereous harrier]], ''Circus cinereus''
*[[Eastern marsh harrier]]
*[[Eastern marsh harrier]], ''Circus spilonotus''
*[[Long-winged harrier]]
*[[Long-winged harrier]], ''Circus buffoni''
*[[Madagascar marsh harrier]]
*[[Madagascar marsh harrier]], ''Circus maillardi''
*[[Montagu's harrier]]
*[[Montagu's harrier]], ''Circus pygargus''
*[[Northern harrier]]
*[[Northern harrier]], ''Circus cyaneus''
*[[Pallid harrier]]
*[[Pallid harrier]], ''Circus macrourus''
*[[Pied harrier]]
*[[Pied harrier]], ''Circus melanoleucos''
*[[Reunion harrier]]
*[[Reunion harrier]], ''Circus maillardi''
*[[Spotted harrier]]
*[[Spotted harrier]], ''Circus assimilis''
*[[Swamp harrier]]
*[[Swamp harrier]], ''Circus approximans''
*[[Western marsh harrier]]
*[[Western marsh harrier]], ''Circus aeruginosus''
[[Category:Harriers]]
[[Category:Harriers]]