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A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. [2] Most likely either the lanner or peregrine falcon was the sacred species of falcon to the ancient Egyptians, [3] and some ancient Egyptian deities, like Ra and Horus, were often represented as a man with the head of a lanner falcon.
List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species List of extinct birds ... Lanner falcon: Falco biarmicus: 67,000-670,000 [22] LC [22] [22] Lesser kestrel: Falco ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Croatia. ... Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus; Saker falcon, Falco cherrug; Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus;
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Canary Islands. ... Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus (A) Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus (A)
The saker falcon is a large hierofalcon, larger than the lanner falcon and almost as large as gyrfalcon at 45–57 cm (18–22 in) length with a wingspan of 97–126 cm (38–50 in). Males weigh between 730–990 g (26–35 oz) and females 970–1,300 g (34–46 oz).
Falco is the genus of birds called falcons. Pages in category "Falco (genus)" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. ... Laggar falcon; Lanner ...
The word perilanner is a falconer's term for a hybrid between a peregrine falcon and a lanner falcon. [1] It is larger and faster than a lanner, but does not fly as far as a peregrine and thus is less likely to fly far away and become lost. As a rule, the peregrine is the father and the lanner is the mother.
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey and includes caracaras, laughing falcon, forest falcons, falconets, pygmy falcons, falcons and kestrels.They are small to medium-sized birds of prey, ranging in size from the black-thighed falconet, which can weigh as little as 35 grams (1.2 oz), to the gyrfalcon, which can weigh as much as 1,735 grams (61.2 oz).