Designed by Paul Smith 2006. This website is copyrighted by law.
Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Material on this page was provided by Paul Smith, Roberto Derna, Kevin Guest (bushbirds.co.uk) Frank Fragano, David Gill, Arne Lesterhuis, Matt Denton and Rebecca Zarza and is used with their permission.
LONG-WINGED HARRIER Circus buffoni
The one thing that will strike you when you see this graceful raptor in flight is, you guessed it, the long wings! Typical of harriers it courses low in a tilting flight over its open grassy habitat, pitching down onto prey items as it encounters them. Two colour phases occur, the commoner pale morph and the less often encountered dark phase which has wholly blackish underparts.
Click on the images to enlarge them.
FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE652PH) Adult male pale phase ventral view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE653PH) Adult female (?) pale phase ventral view, location unknown (Rebecca Zarza undated).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2645PH) Adult male pale phase flight, Ayolas, Departamento Misiones (Matt Denton October 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE654PH) Adult female in flight, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE655PH) Adult male dark phase in flight, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (David Gill March 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE656PH) Adult female, Estancia Kanguery, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3300PH) Adult male pale phase underwing, Ruta Trans Chaco km200, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Kevin Guest February 2012).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3353PH) Adult female, Carmen del Paraná, Departamento Itapúa (Roberto Derna May 2012).
VIDEO - (FPAVE657VI) Adult female, Estancia Kanguery, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2010).
|
|
FIGURE 1
|
|
|
|
FIGURE 2
|
|
|
|
FIGURE 3
|
|
|
|
FIGURE 4
|
|
|
|
FIGURE 5
|
|
|
|
FIGURE 6
|
|
|
|
FIGURE 7
|
|
|
|
FIGURE 8
|
|
