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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Circus (harriers) 

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Falconiformes > Family: Accipitridae

The 16 species are found worldwide, with five species occurring in southern Africa. 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Circus aeruginosus (Western marsh-harrier, European marsh-harrier) 

Circus macrourus (Pallid harrier) 

Circus maurus (Black harrier) 

Circus pygargus (Montagu's harrier) 

Circus ranivorus (African marsh-harrier)