Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (61)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Guy M. Kirwan, Peter F. D. Boesman, Jeffrey S. Marks, Ernest Garcia, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 2, 2016
Text last updated June 2, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Shqipja e fushës |
| Arabic | مرزة الدجاج |
| Armenian | Դաշտային մկնաճուռակ |
| Asturian | Gabiluchu blanquín |
| Azerbaijani | Tarla belibağlısı |
| Bangla (India) | মাঠচিল |
| Basque | Mirotz zuri eurasiarra |
| Bulgarian | Полски блатар |
| Catalan | arpella pàl·lida comuna |
| Chinese | 灰澤鵟 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白尾鷂 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白尾鹞 |
| Croatian | eja strnjarica |
| Czech | moták pilich |
| Danish | Blå Kærhøg |
| Dutch | Blauwe kiekendief |
| English | Hen Harrier |
| English (United States) | Hen Harrier |
| Estonian | välja-loorkull |
| Faroese | Fenheykur |
| Finnish | sinisuohaukka |
| French | Busard Saint-Martin |
| French (Canada) | Busard Saint-Martin |
| Galician | Gatafornela |
| Georgian | მინდვრის ძელქორი (მინდვრის ბოლობეჭედა) |
| German | Kornweihe |
| Greek | Χειμωνόκιρκος |
| Gujarati | ઉત્તરી પટ્ટાઇ |
| Hebrew | זרון תכול |
| Hungarian | Kékes rétihéja |
| Icelandic | Bláheiðir |
| Italian | Albanella reale |
| Japanese | ハイイロチュウヒ |
| Kannada | ಹೇಂಟೆ ಸೆಳೆವ |
| Korean | 잿빛개구리매 |
| Ladakhi | ཧོར་བ་དཀར་པོ། |
| Latvian | Lauku lija |
| Lithuanian | Javinė lingė |
| Malayalam | വലിയ മേടുതപ്പി |
| Mongolian | Саарал хулд |
| Nepali (India) | चल्लाचोर भुइँचील |
| Nepali (Nepal) | चल्लाचोर भुइँचील |
| Norwegian | myrhauk |
| Persian | سنقر خاکستری |
| Polish | błotniak zbożowy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tartaranhão-cinzento |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕੁਕੜੀਮਾਰ |
| Romanian | Erete vânăt |
| Russian | Полевой лунь |
| Serbian | Poljska eja |
| Slovak | kaňa sivá |
| Slovenian | Pepelasti lunj |
| Spanish | Aguilucho Pálido |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Hen Harrier |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gavilán Pecho Gris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Aguilucho pálido |
| Swedish | blå kärrhök |
| Telugu | తెల్ల తల చేప గ్రద్ద |
| Thai | เหยี่ยวทุ่งแถบเหนือ |
| Turkish | Gökçe Delice |
| Ukrainian | Лунь польовий |
Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Falco cyaneus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.126.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, Africa = vicinity of London, England, ex Edwards, pi. 225.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CIRCUS
- circus
- cyaneum / cyaneus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Hen Harrier
