Swamp Harrier

Order Falconiformes; Family Accipitridae; Scientific name: Circus approximans; Common name: Swamp Harrier; Alternative common name: Marsh Harrier – Distribution in Australia: present in all mainland states and Tasmania wherever there are suitable wetland habitats, absent in arid and semiarid environments of central and western Australia – Also in New Guinea, New Zealand and other south-west Pacific Islands, Eurasia, Africa and Madagascar.