Pale Harrier
Circus macrourus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircus (Harriers)
- SpeciesCircus macrourus (Pale Harrier)
Closest Relatives at Fertő-Hanság National Park
Western Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Red Kite
Milvus milvus
Spotted Eagle
Aquila clanga
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopus
📅 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 Fertő-Hanság National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Pale Harrier sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pale Harrier in Fertő-Hanság National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Pale Harrier in Fertő-Hanság National Park in our monthly data.