Pale Harrier
Circus macrourus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircus (Harriers)
- SpeciesCircus macrourus (Pale Harrier)
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Harrier sighting in Awash National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Awash National Park
Western Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Short-toed Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pale Harrier in Awash National Park?
About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Harrier sighting in Awash National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Pale Harrier in Awash National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Pale Harrier in Awash National Park in our monthly data.