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The first formal description of the Eurasian hobby was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the present binomial name Falco subbuteo. [5] The genus name falco derives from Late Latin falx, falcis, a sickle, referring to the wing profile of the bird. [6]
Eurasian hobby (F. subbuteo), also known as the northern hobby; African hobby (F. cuvierii) Oriental hobby (F. severus) Australian hobby or little falcon (F. longipennis), uncommon but widespread in Australia, during the southern winter, some birds migrate to the north of the continent or to the islands of Southeast Asia
Eurasian hobby: Falco subbuteo: Falconidae [14] 159 km/h 99 mph Can sometimes outfly the swift as it eats them and catches them on the wing. Frigatebird: Fregata: Fregatidae [15] 153 km/h 95 mph Slow gliding/soaring high aspect ratio Spur-winged goose: Plectropterus gambensis: Anatidae [16] 143 km/h 89 mph High-speed wings Red-breasted ...
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Falcons (/ ˈ f ɒ l k ən, ˈ f ɔː l-, ˈ f æ l-/) are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies ; [ 7 ] and some that hover while hunting are called kestrels .
Falco milvus – red kite [24] Falco forficatus – swallow-tailed kite [7] [24] Falco gentilis – Eurasian goshawk [24] [25] Falco subbuteo – Eurasian hobby [24] Falco buteo – common buzzard [26] Falco tinnunculus – common kestrel [26] Falco sufflator – synonym of the laughing falcon [26] [27] Falco cachinnans – laughing falcon [26 ...
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Although the western house martin is hunted by the hobby (Falco subbuteo), its aerial skills enable it to evade most predators. [ 16 ] It is parasitised externally by fleas and mites , including the "house martin flea", Ceratophyllus hirundinis , [ 27 ] and internally by endoparasites such as Haemoproteus prognei (avian malaria ), which are ...