Montagu's Harrier

species of bird of prey of the harrier family
Taxon taxon Q26574
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Summary

Montagu's Harrier is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month, #1,521 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Circus[5]
  • Taxon name: Circus pygargus[6]
  • Commons category: Circus pygargus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Circus pygargus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Circus pygargus[9]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[10]
  • Original combination: Falco pygargus[11]
  • Short name: C. pygargus[12]
  • Taxon common name: Montagu's Harrier[13], Wiesenweihe[14], Aguilucho cenizo[15], Busard cendré[16], Bloupaddavreter (Blouvleivalk)[17], Albanella minore[18], Луговой лунь[19], Grauwe Kiekendief[20], Hedehøg[21], Enghauk[22], moták lužní[23], soo-loorkull[24], ヒメハイイロチュウヒ[25], niittysuohaukka[26]
  • Wingspan: 1.09 m[27]
  • Mass: 24 g[28], 261 g[29], 370 g[30]

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Identifiers

Montagu's Harrier's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 5167[31]. Montagu's Harrier's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 387828[32]. Montagu's Harrier's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515825[33]. Montagu's Harrier's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480495[34]. Montagu's Harrier's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175439[35].

Why It Matters

Montagu's Harrier has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01612741-n
    Interlingual index id → i43767
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  2. 15w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Endangered status
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0364981-motak-luzni
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