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Western Marsh-Harrier ( Circus aeruginosus )
Description Photograph (click on the image to increase it) Various
It has the brown plumage with grey spots on wings and on tail for the male, on head and shoulders for the female. The male is a little smaller than the female. Western Marsh-Harrier The nest is constructed even has the ground. The female smoulders during 35 days. It is Male which feeds the female during this period
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Habitat  :One meets it in the wet zones. It is present in all Europe and in Africa. One can observe it in swamps tacking above spices.
Food  :Frogs, small mammals, insects, water birds.
Size  :18.912 inch (48-55 cm) Weight  : 400-800 g Wing span : 43.34 inch (110-125 cm)
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