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swamp harrier en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Australia, obsolete) The spotted harrier, Circus assimilis.
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(Australia, New-Zealand) A large hawk, Circus approximans, of Australia, New Zealand, and several Pacific islands.
Other than the usual clamour of seabirds, ravens and swamp harriers, the only other birds of note in this area are orange-bellied parrots […] and a few black-faced cormorants that venture up from the tannin-stained waters of Bathurst Harbour.
2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 95:
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Synonyms
swamp hawk