Species profile—Circus approximans (swamp harrier)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Accipitridae (eagles, kites, goshawks) → Circus approximans (swamp harrier)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Accipitridae (eagles, kites, goshawks)
- Scientific name
- Circus approximans Peale, 1848
- Common name
- swamp harrier
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1722
- Alternate name(s)
- marsh harrier
swamp hawk - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1722.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
