Eastern Marsh Harrier Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Circus spilonotus
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Eurasian Marsh Harrier
Habitat : Wetlands
Description : The Eastern Marsh Harrier is a broad winged raptor of wetlands (adult bird length approximately 55 cm, wing 39 cm, bill 3 cm, tarsus 8.5 cm, tail 24 cm). Both sexes have golden-yellow irises, pale yellow legs and feet, a deep slate bill with black tip and yellowish base. It feeds on frogs, fish, field mice, voles and injured birds.
Other Species from Group
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Accipiter gularis
(Japanese Sparrowhawk) -
Clanga hastata
(Indian Spotted Eagle) -
Aquila fasciata
(Bonelli's Eagle) -
Circus aeruginosus
(Western Marsh Harrier) -
Buteo rufinus
(Long‑legged Buzzard) -
Circus melanoleucos
(Pied Harrier) -
Haliastur indus
(Brahminy Kite) -
Aquila nipalensis
(Steppe Eagle) -
Butastur teesa
(White‑eyed Buzzard) -
Circaetus gallicus
(Short‑toed Snake Eagle)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Jahir Mahmud Sohag,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Anon Torimi(www.xeno-canto.org/Anon Torimi), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Jahir Mahmud Sohag,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Anon Torimi(www.xeno-canto.org/Anon Torimi), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.