Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

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Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Hawaks & Eagle

Circus cyaneus
Prairie, moors, marshes, steppe, fields.
The two subspecies are sometimes treated as separate species.
C. c. cyaneus. Eurasia from British Isles (incl. Outer Hebrides) and Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka, and s to n Spain, s,e France, n Italy, e Austria, Hungary,
sw,c Russia to Transcaucasus and upper Ural R., s to n Kazakstan and n Turkestan, nw China (w Sinkiang), n Mongolia, Manchuria (from Heilungkiang s to e Kirin and Liaoning), s Siberia (e to Ussuriland and Sakhalin) and Kuril Is. Winters s to nw Africa, Mediterranean region, and s Asia e to se Asia, se China and Japan.
C. c. hudsonius. N. America from n Alaska, n Yukon, nw,s Mackenzie, and from n Saskatchewan e across c Canada to s Quebec and Newfoundland, and s to n Baja Calif., s Arizona, s New Mexico, s,e Texas, w Oklahoma, se Kansas, s Missouri, s Illinois, c Kentucky, W. Virginia, se Virginia and (formerly) Florida.
Winters from Alaska and s Canada s to n S. America.

Circus macrourus
Grassland, steppe, marshes, farmlands. C Eurasia from extreme e Romania and w to Ukraine, e across c,sw Russia s to Caucasus, s to Aral Sea, L. Balkhash area and Turkestan and extreme n Iran to sw Siberia (sw Transbaicalia, L. Baikal), w China (w Sinkiang) and (possibly) nw Mongolia; irruptive and irregular breeder w to s Sweden, Germany and Czechoslovakia. Winters from s Europe and s Asia s to s Africa, Sri Lanka, Burma and se China.

Circus pygargus
Marshes, swamps, moors, grassland, farmlands.
W,c Palearctic from s British Isles, cont. Europe and s Sweden e across c Russia to sw Siberia (Tuva, upper Yenisei R.) and w China (w Sinkiang), and s to nw Africa (from n Morocco to Tunisia), Iberian Pen., s France, c Italy, n Balkan states, Turkey, nw Iran and to Transcaucasus and to n Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Tadzikhistan and s Kirghiz steppes.
Winters from s Europe, s Russia and s,e China s to s Africa, and s Asia e to India and Sri Lanka.

Circus cyaneus

Hen Harrier

not uncommon

has bred: Portugal, Belgium,

Luxembourg,Denmark,Hungary,

Italy

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Circus macrourus

Pallid Harrier

not uncommon

has bred: Sweden, Germany

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Circus pygargus

Montagu's Harrier

local, uncommon

has bred: Great Bretain,

Finland

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Melierax metabates
Woodland, bushveld.
Sw Morocco; sw Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, s Mali, Burkina Faso, s Niger, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad, c,s Sudan, w,c Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Yemen, and s (except forested w,c) in Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, n Namibia, n,e Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and extreme ne S. Africa in e Transvaal and n Natal.
A hybrid between M. metabates and M. poliopterus has been reported from Ethiopia.

Micronisus gabar
Savanna, bushveld.
Sw Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, s Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad and c,s Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and s Arabia, and s (except for forested w,c) to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola and Namibia to s S. Africa. Previously in Micronisus;
Placed in Melierax following Dowsett and Dowsett-Lemaire
(1993, p. 327).

Accipiter gentilis
Forest, edge, open woodland.
The Old and New World populations are sometimes treated as separate species.
A. g. gentilis. Palearctic from British Isles and Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia e to Kolyma R., Kamchatka, and s to nw Africa (n Morocco), n Mediterranean region (incl. Corsica and Sardinia), Turkey, n Iran, sw,c Russia (to Transcaucasus and s Urals), s Siberia (from Altai e to Ussuriland and Sakhalin), se Tibet, nw,c China (n Sinkiang, Kansu, Tsinghai, n Szechwan, probably n Yunnan), Mongolia, n Manchuria (Heilungkiang) and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).
Winters (gentilis) s to n Africa, Arabia, c India, n part of se Asia, Taiwan and Bonin Is.
A. g. atricapillus. N. America from w,c Alaska, n Yukon, w,s Mackenzie, and from ne Manitoba e across n Canada to Labrador and Newfoundland, and s to s Alaska (w to base of Alaska Pen.), c Calif., s Nevada, se Arizona, s New Mexico, e foothills of Rocky Mts. (incl. Black Hills of w S. Dakota), c Alberta, c Saskatchewan, s Manitoba, n Minnesota, c Michigan, W. Virginia, e Kentucky, e Tennessee, w N. Carolina and Maryland; c Mexico (Jalisco).
Winters s to n Mexico and s U.S.