Partial albino African Marsh Harrier at Langebaan, South Africa

摘要: An unusually coloured harrier (Fig 1) was observed in the West Coast National Park, at southern end of Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa (S33 10.8 E18 07.5) 2007 and 2008. It identified as an African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus by its size, shape reed-bed location when first seen TH May 2007. Its plumage unusual that some feathers primaries, secondaries, nape, back, upperwing coverts, body were completely white. Only tail typical colour, with no white 2). Partial albino is term used Sage (1962) Ross (1963) for this to distinguish condition from full albino, all are parts pink. This published record partial albinism Harrier.