Réunion Harrier

Circus maillardi

The Réunion Harrier (Circus maillardi) is a bird found in Réunion. Found in Réunion. It eats small mammals and birds, reptiles and frogs and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Circus maillardi
Region	Asia
Found in	Réunion

🏡 Where the Réunion Harrier lives

Found in Réunion.

🍽️ What it eats

🐭 Mammals & birds50%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs40%
🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 664 grams. It mostly eats small mammals and birds and lizards and frogs.

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Recorded by Antoine Ede (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC842510. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Réunion Harrier

Where does the Réunion Harrier live?

The Réunion Harrier lives in Réunion. Found in Réunion.

What does the Réunion Harrier eat?

small mammals and birds (about 50%), reptiles and frogs (about 40%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Réunion Harrier endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.