Pallid Harrier, Circus macrourus, is a species of day-flying bird of prey found in cropland, grassland and heathland and shrub ecosystems.

Circus macrourus has a breeding population size of 1-12 breeding females and a breeding range size of 1800 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Uncertain in the short term and Uncertain in the long term.

The EU population status of Circus macrourus was assessed as Threatened, as the species meets one or more of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened at the EU27 scale.