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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).
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
Sooty falcon, Falco concolor Temminck, 1825; Merlin, Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758; Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758; Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825; Saker falcon, Falco cherrug Gray, JE, 1834 (A) Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771; Ancient Egyptian: its hieroglyphic sign stands for the deity Horus ...
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 ...
Merlin - Falco columbarius - (French: faucon émerillon) passage migrant; 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
Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni; Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus; Fox kestrel, Falco alopex (A) [22] Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus (A) Eleonora's falcon, Falco eleonorae; Sooty falcon, Falco concolor (A) Merlin, Falco columbarius; Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo; Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus; Saker falcon, Falco cherrug (A) Peregrine ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Western Sahara.The avifauna of Western Sahara include a total of 357 species.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.