African Marsh-Harrier
Circus ranivorus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircus (Harriers)
- SpeciesCircus ranivorus (African Marsh-Harrier)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Black Harrier
Circus maurus
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo rufofuscus
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Forest Buzzard
Buteo trizonatus
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Melierax canorus
Cape Griffon
Gyps coprotheres
📅 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 African Marsh-Harrier in Garden Route National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a African Marsh-Harrier sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 44 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Marsh-Harrier in Garden Route National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for African Marsh-Harrier in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.