Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Falconiformes > Suborder Accipitri > Superfamily Accipitroidea > Family Accipitridae > Genus Circus

Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Circus*	Lacepede, 1799	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Falco cyaneus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: shqipja e fushës sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Полски блатар sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: blå kærhøg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: blauwe kiekendief

English: Hen Harrier; hen harrier; marsh hawk; northern harrier sources: Charles Hussey;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: busard Saint-Martin sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

Galician: Cromán na gcearc

German: Kornweihe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Χειμωνόκιρκος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: זרון תכול sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Cromán na gcearc sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Italian: albanella reale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: javinė lingė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: myrhauk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: myrhauk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: myrhauk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: błotniak zbożowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: eretele vânât; eretele vânăt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: или обыкновенный; полевой лунь sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: cromán na gcearc sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: cromán na gcearc sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: pepelasti lunj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: aguilucho pálido sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: blå kärrhök sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: gokce delice; gökce delice; gökçe delice sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Лунь польовий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: boda tinwyn

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.