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Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
(C. c. cyaneus)
| Armenian Name: | Դաշտային մկնաճուռակ |
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See Plate 10 for Northern Harrier and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Winter visitor |
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| Abundance: | Uncommon |
| Length: | 44-52 cm, Wing Span:100-120 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 36. |
| Description: | Male has gray upperparts; gray breast contrasts with white belly. Tips of wings are black, trailing edge of wing is dark gray to black. Female is gray-brown above, yellow-brown with dense brownish streaking below; banded tail. In flight, both sexes show prominent white rump patch and broad wings with blunt wingtips. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from similar Pallid and Montagu's Harriers by larger body, broader wings with blunter wingtips, and larger white rump patch. |
| Behavior: | When hunting, flies low from just above the ground to a few meters height with wings held in V. Frequently perches on low fence posts or mounds. |
| Habitat: | Mountain steppe, agricultural fields, semidesert. |
| Food: | Small mammals, birds, insects. |
