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The saker falcon has been used in falconry for thousands of years, and like its very close relative, the gyrfalcon, is a highly regarded in it. Swift and powerful, it is effective against medium-sized to large-sized game bird species. [21] Saker falcons can reach speeds of 120 to 150 km/h and suddenly swoop down on their prey. [22]
Falcons are known to be very susceptible to avian influenza. Therefore, an experiment was done with hybrid gyr-saker falcons, which found that five falcons vaccinated with a commercial H5N2 influenza vaccine survived infection with a highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, whereas five unvaccinated falcons died. Thus, both wild and captive gyrfalcons ...
A notable exception is the use of desert falcons such the saker falcon in ancient and modern falconry in Asia and Western Asia, where hares were and are commonly taken. In North America, the prairie falcon and the gyrfalcon can capture small mammal prey such as rabbits and hares (as well as the standard gamebirds and waterfowl) in falconry, but ...
Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus; Amur falcon, Falco amurensis (A) Sooty falcon, Falco concolor (A) Merlin, Falco columbarius; Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo; Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus (A) Saker falcon, Falco cherrug; Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus (A) Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
The Altai falcon has been identified as a color morph of the Central Asian saker falcon (Falco cherrug milvipes), as per the latest genetic research (Zinevich et al. 2023). Previously, it was variously classified as a morph, a subspecies ( Falco cherrug altaicus ), and even separate species ( Falco altaicus ).
The Hungarian language word turul meant one kind of falcon and the origin of the word is currently thought to be most likely Turkic (Clauson 1972: 472. [1]) Róna-Tas et al. 2011:2: 954-56) [ 2 ] ), which is the language of origin of over 10% of words in modern Hungarian lexicon and the exonym "Hungarian" and the word "Hun".
Additional large raptors, i.e. those that can average 1,000 g (2.2 lb) or more in body mass, taken as prey include the 1,080 g (2.38 lb) red kites (Milvus milvus) from the genus Milvus, and the rough-legged buzzards (Buteo lagopus) and saker falcons (Falco cherrug), in both of which females average more than 1,000 g (2.2 lb).
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