Western Marsh harrier,

western marsh harrier 
(Circus aeruginosus) 
गिरगिट मार
Eurasian marsh harrier.
Lucknow outskirts
Uttar Pradesh
February 2020
Nikon gears

This is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. The genus name Circus is derived from the Ancient Greek kirkos, referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight (kirkos, "circle"), probably the hen harrier. The specific aeruginosus is Latin for "rusty".

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