Spotted Harrier: Dorsal

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Birds of Prey (Falconiformes)

Family:

Eagle & Hawk (Accipitridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)

This Photo:

Dorsal

Thank you Louis O'neill for confirming the id of this species for us

EXTRA - Photo Specific Information:
Sorry about the terrible photo's.
They were enough to id, barely, and that was all we got. It was a heavily overcast day.
General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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