Pied harrier

Weight

292.5 g – 422.5 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Carnivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grassland

Egg incubation

31 days

Young per litter or clutch

4.5

Litters or clutches a year

1

Lifestyle

Aerial

Migration

Migratory

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 melanoleucos (Pennant, 1769)

Synonyms Falco melanoleucos

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

H

Harrier hawk

Circus approximans

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

E

Eastern marsh harrier

Circus spilonotus

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

ComparePied harrier vs Hen harrierPied harrier vs Western marsh harrierPied harrier vs Pallid harrierPied harrier vs Montagu's harrier

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@misc{pied_harrier_2026,
  title = {Pied harrier (Circus melanoleucos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pied-harrier},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}