Quick Facts
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Conservation Status
Conservation hubClose to qualifying as threatened in the near future.
The pallid harrier faces threats from habitat loss and degradation due to agricultural intensification and land-use changes across its breeding and wintering grounds. While specific large-scale recovery programs are limited, conservation efforts often focus on protecting key habitats and reducing pesticide use. Responsible safari tourism can help by raising awareness of this species and its needs, and by supporting local communities and conservation initiatives that protect the grasslands and wetlands it relies on.
The pallid harrier is a species of harrier, a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It breeds in southern parts of eastern Europe and central Asia and Iran and winters mainly in India and southeast Asia. It is a rare but increasing vagrant to Great Britain and western Europe. In 2017 a pair of pallid harriers nested in a barley field in the Netherlands; they raised four chicks, the first recording breeding of the species in the country. In 2019, a pair bred in Spain for the first time.
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