EDITOR: The Northern Harrier is a distinctive hawk with an owl-like face. The facial disk allows for exceptional hearing, and this hawk is the only hawk who, like owls, uses hearing to hunt. This photo also shows the distinctive raised shoulder position when gliding (better seen from the front).
Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Bermuda,British Virgin Islands,Canada,Cayman Islands,Colombia, Costa Rica,Dominica,Dominican Republic,El Salvador,Grenada,Guatemala,Haiti,Honduras,Mexico,Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Panama,Puerto Rico,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Turks and Caicos Islands,United States - Alaska,United States - mainland, Virgin Islands,
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)