Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircus (Harriers)
- SpeciesCircus pygargus (Montagu's Harrier)
Closest Relatives at Lake Nakuru National Park
Western Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Pale Harrier
Circus macrourus
African Marsh-Harrier
Circus ranivorus
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Augur Buzzard
Buteo augur
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
📅 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 Lake Nakuru National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Montagu's Harrier sighting in Lake Nakuru National Park, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Montagu's Harrier in Lake Nakuru National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Montagu's Harrier in Lake Nakuru National Park in our monthly data.