From: Pierre@home.be (Pierre)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals,alt.binaries.pictures.artpics
Subject: Birds of prey - PO_bop_046_Busard_des_roseaux.jpg
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:15:54 GMT

Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), also called Eurasian Marsh Harrier or simply Marsh Harrier, is a large bird of prey belonging to the harrier genus Circus. It has two subspecies: Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus which breeds across much of Europe and western Asia, and Circus aeruginosus harterti in north-west Africa.