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Black Harrier

Circus maurus (Temminck, 1828) — also called BLHA. Occurrence records of the Black Harrier are shared on GBIF from around 34 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (687 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: EndangeredAccipitridae

34reserves with records

3 281records around them

4provinces

ENIUCN category

Black Harrier (Circus maurus) — Photo: Jackie During · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	687
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	624
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	464
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	338
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	236
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	234
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	155
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	129
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	78
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	75
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	39
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	29
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	27
Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	22
Ntsikeni Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	22
Panthera Africa Big Cat SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	11
Rondeberg Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	10
Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Ruitersbos Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Salmonsdam NatuurreservaatNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	6
Salmonsdam Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Hluleka Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	5
Hluleka Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	5
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	4
Waterval PrivateNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Drakenstein Lion ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	3
Lalibela Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2
Indalu Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 29 reserves
Eastern Cape: 3 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve
KwaZulu-Natal: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Scientific name: Circus maurus
GBIF taxon: 5229179
Wikidata: Q1077281

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.

Black Harrier

Where it is recorded

By province

Taxonomy

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