Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Falconiformes > 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

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.

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

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

English-United States: Hen Harrier sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

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

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

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

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: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 126

Norwegian Nynorsk: myrhauk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 12 p. 126

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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

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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (921 publications)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159372