Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a large falcon species. It breeds from Central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is a partial migrant, which means that some part of the population is migratory, some part is not. In Europe, for example, a part of the juveniles are migrating, while adults are mostly resident.
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).
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).
The largest falcon is the gyrfalcon at up to 65 cm (26 in) in length. The smallest falcon species is the pygmy falcon, which measures just 20 cm (7.9 in). As with hawks and owls, falcons exhibit sexual dimorphism, with the females typically larger than the males, thus allowing a wider range of prey species. [10]
Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus (A) Amur falcon, Falco amurensis (A) Eleonora's falcon, Falco eleonorae (A) Sooty falcon, Falco concolor (A) Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo; African hobby, Falco cuvierii; Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus; Saker falcon, Falco cherrug; Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus; Taita falcon, Falco fasciinucha
The hierofalcons are four closely related species of falcon which make up the subgenus Hierofalco: Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus; Laggar falcon, Falco jugger; Saker falcon, Falco cherrug; Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus; The black falcon of Australia is occasionally considered allied to the hierofalcons: indeed it seems fairly close to them (Wink ...
Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...
Red-footed falcon (punajalkahaukka), Falco vespertinus; Eleonora's falcon (välimerenhaukka), Falco eleonorae (A) Merlin (ampuhaukka), Falco columbarius; Eurasian hobby (nuolihaukka), Falco subbuteo; Saker falcon (aavikkohaukka), Falco cherrug (A) Gyrfalcon (tunturihaukka), Falco rusticolus; Peregrine falcon (muuttohaukka), Falco peregrinus