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'''Harriers''' are medium-sized diurnal birds-of-prey of the family Accipitridae, and characterized by an owl-like face, and a method of leisurely flapping and gliding when hunting low over the ground.
'''Harriers''' are medium-sized diurnal [[bird of prey|birds of prey]] of the family Accipitridae, characterized by an owl-like face, and a method of leisurely flapping and gliding when hunting low over the ground.
==Description==
==Description==
===Species===
===Species===
One genus and fourteen species are classified as harriers:
*Genus ''Circus''
*Genus ''Circus''
::[[African marsh harrier]], ''Circus ranivorus''
::[[African marsh harrier]], ''Circus ranivorus''
::[[Swamp harrier]], ''Circus approximans''
::[[Swamp harrier]], ''Circus approximans''
::[[Western marsh harrier]], ''Circus aeruginosus''
::[[Western marsh harrier]], ''Circus aeruginosus''
*Genus ''Polyboroides''
Three other species from two separate subfamilies are also called harriers, due to similarities in behavior and look:
*Subfamily [[Accipitrinae]], Genus ''Geranospiza''
::[[Crane hawk]], ''Geranospiza caerulescens''
*Subfamily [[Polyboroidinae]], Genus ''Polyboroides''
::[[African harrier-hawk]], ''Polyboroides typus''
::[[African harrier-hawk]], ''Polyboroides typus''
::[[Madagascar harrier-hawk]], ''Polyboroides radiatus''
::[[Madagascar harrier-hawk]], ''Polyboroides radiatus''
==Feeding==
==Feeding==
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Harriers]]
[[Category:Harriers]]