---
title: "Gevlekte kiekendief"
description: "Circus assimilis — Vogels. The spotted harrier (Circus assimilis) also known as the smoke hawk, is a large Australasian bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/spotted-harrier
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gevlekte kiekendief

> Circus assimilis — Vogels. The spotted harrier (Circus assimilis) also known as the smoke hawk, is a large Australasian bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Circus assimilis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1082
- Wikidata: [Q964377](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964377)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5175](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5175)

## Names

- en: Spotted Harrier
- de: Fleckenweihe
- es: Aguilucho moteado
- fr: Busard tacheté
- nl: Gevlekte kiekendief
- pt: Tartaranhão-pintado
- pl: Błotniak plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1011), ID (25)

## Summary

The spotted harrier (Circus assimilis) also known as the smoke hawk, is a large Australasian bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_harrier

## Photo

![Gevlekte kiekendief](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-harrier/medium.jpg)

Photo: Claudia Schipp · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27253162

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-harrier?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).