Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircus (Harriers)
- SpeciesCircus pygargus (Montagu's Harrier)
Closest Relatives at Doñana National Park
Western Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Pale Harrier
Circus macrourus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvus
Red Kite
Milvus milvus
Short-toed Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Adalbert's Eagle
Aquila adalberti
Rueppell's Vulture
Gyps rueppellii
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus
📅 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 Montagu's Harrier in Doñana National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Montagu's Harrier sighting in Doñana National Park, based on 87 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Montagu's Harrier in Doñana National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Montagu's Harrier in Doñana National Park in our monthly data.