Successful Rearing of Young of the Spotted Harrier in an Artificial Nest
| Posted: |
07/10/2021 |
| Author(s): |
Jaroslav Klapste, Peter Klapste |
There are nine or ten species of harrier
Circus in the world, depending on the taxonomic
opinion. Except for the Spotted Harrier
C. assimilis of Australia, Sulawesi and the
Lesser Sunda Islands, all are ground-nesting hawks. The Spotted Harrier is the only one
to nest regularly in a tree. This note describes how the nest of a Spotted Harrier was
destroyed accidentally by man and how the two young birds were reared successfully by
their parents in an artificial nest.
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