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Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans · Family Accipitridae
Circus approximans
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 340,410
- Countries and territories with records
- 16
About this species
This species has 340,410 occurrence records from 16 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (56%) and New Zealand (42.9%); together they account for 98.9% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Circus approximans combines the genus name Circus with the species epithet approximans. The Warbla app catalog lists 16 species of the genus Circus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Circus cyaneus, Circus hudsonius and Circus aeruginosus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 36th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 82.8% of the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.