Black harrier

Weight

509 g – 532 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Carnivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrubland

Egg incubation

35 days

Young per litter or clutch

3.5

Lifestyle

Aerial

Migration

Sedentary

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusCircus
7. SpeciesCircus maurus (Temminck, 1828)

Synonyms Circus lalandii, Falco maurus, Melanocircus maurus

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Hen harrier

Circus cyaneus

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Western marsh harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Accipitridae

NT, Near Threatened

Pallid harrier

Circus macrourus

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Montagu's harrier

Circus pygargus

Accipitridae

P

Pied harrier

Circus melanoleucos

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

H

Harrier hawk

Circus approximans

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

CompareBlack harrier vs Hen harrierBlack harrier vs Western marsh harrierBlack harrier vs Pallid harrierBlack harrier vs Montagu's harrier

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@misc{black_harrier_2026,
  title = {Black harrier (Circus maurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-harrier},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}