Swamp Harrier

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Lake Wendoree, Ballarat, WC Vic IMG_7202 20181217

Notes: Slim, long-legged w. long narrow wings. Adult has varied plumage, prominent white
upper-tail coverts. Female: broader wings. Juvenile is darker below, tawny rump. Cf Spotted
Harrier. Flies slowly and low over open swamps & wetlands w. wings held in shallow V shape.

Range from Atlas of Living Australia^©

Goolwa Beach, SE SA IMG_6090 20181206 - adult female: very broad wings. CLICK for another view.

W of Cape Arid NP, S WA IMG_2387 20181114 - adult male. Dark trailing edge, broadest at base of wing.
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Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3418+3416 20180121 - adult. Composite pic.

Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3360 20180121 - adult male. CLICK for juvenile w. tawny rump.

Kangaroo Lake, Mystic Park, NC Vic IMG_4240 20251205 - adult CLICK for another view.

Braeside Park, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_8586++ 20190119 - adult hunting chick of Pacific Black Duck.
Flies off with one in talons.

Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_6623 20210329 - young adult: rump not fully white.

Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_3325 20180121 - juvenile: tawny rump. CLICK for another view.

Braeside Park, Melbourne, S Vic MVI_8558 20190119 - hovering low