Eyles's harrier

Eyles's harrier; Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
	Eyles's harrier skull held at Te Papa, Wellington
Conservation status
	; Extinct (~1400s) (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Circus
Species:	†C. teauteensis
Binomial name
	†Circus teauteensis; Forbes, 1892
Synonyms
	Circus hamiltoni (nomen nudum); Circus eylesi (nomen nudum, but see text)

Eyles's harrier (Circus teauteensis) (Māori: Kērangi) is an extinct bird of prey that was endemic to New Zealand. Its closest relative is the smaller and related swamp harrier (Circus approximans), which arrived in New Zealand after its extinction.

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