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The lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) is a medium-sized bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia. It prefers open habitat and is mainly resident, but some birds disperse more widely after the breeding season. A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. [2]
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).
This is a list of Falconiformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.
Sometimes, all hierofalcons are lumped into one species, Falco hierofalco. [ 2 ] Possible examples of such extinct hierofalcon lineages include Falco bakalovi occurring from the Early Pliocene of Bulgaria to Early Pleistocene of Spain and the Czech Republic [ 3 ] and Falco antiquus known from the Middle Pleistocene of Noailles ( France ) and ...
Amur falcon (cernícalo del Amur), Falco amurensis (A) Eleonora's falcon (halcón de Eleonora), Falco eleonorae; Merlin (Esmerejón), Falco columbarius; Eurasian hobby (alcotán europeo), Falco subbuteo (A – Canary Islands) Lanner falcon (halcón borní), Falco biarmicus (A) Saker falcon (halcón sacre), Falco cherrug (A) endangered
Eurasian hobby - Falco subbuteo - (French: faucon hobereau) breeding visitor and passage migrant; Lanner falcon - Falco biarmicus - (French: faucon lanier) accidental visitor; Saker falcon - Falco cherrug - (French: faucon sacre) accidental visitor; Peregrine falcon - Falco peregrinus - (French: faucon pèlerin) resident breeder
The laggar falcon (Falco jugger), also known as the lugger falcon or jugger (from Hindi जग्गर — jaggar, “falcon”), is a mid-sized bird of prey which occurs in the Indian subcontinent from extreme southeastern Iran, southeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, through India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and northwestern Myanmar.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in São Tomé and Príncipe.As São Tomé and Príncipe is a series of islands, its avifauna grows whenever a "new" species arrives or is recorded for the first time; the list comprises 176 species, of which 25 are endemic, 4 have been introduced by humans, and several are rare or accidental (often termed "vagrants").