Circus approximans

Swamp Harrier at Moruya Heads, NSW

Circus approximans at Moruya Heads, NSW - 13 Jul 2020
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Identification history

Unidentified 13 Jul 2020 LisaH

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User's notes

Very grainy - apologies

1 comment

Andrejs wrote:
   13 Jul 2020
I'm no expert on birds of prey but it looks like the Swamp Harrier which flies over my place almost daily, and gets chased by mainly several masked lapwings. I can tell it's flying overhead by the lapwing raucous.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 13 Jul 2020 02:47 PM Recorded on
  • LisaH Recorded by

Species information

  • Circus approximans Scientific name
  • Swamp Harrier Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1454m Recorded at altitude
  • 107 images trained Machine learning
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