Pale Harrier
Circus macrourus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircus (Harriers)
- SpeciesCircus macrourus (Pale Harrier)
Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park
African Marsh-Harrier
Circus ranivorus
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
Western Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
📅 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 Chobe National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Pale Harrier sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pale Harrier in Chobe National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Pale Harrier in Chobe National Park in our monthly data.