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 LC    Eleonora's Falcon* Id (Atlas):
    Falco eleonorae

Description (10)
Image of Eleonora's Falcon
 

Family
Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Size
38 - 42 cm
Wingspan: 120 cm

First Described (Guide)
Géné, 1839

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry forest, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Algeria (B), Bulgaria (P), Comoros, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus (B) (P), Egypt, Eritrea, France (B) (P), Gibraltar (P), Greece (B) (P), Israel, Italy (B) (P), Kenya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Madagascar, Malawi, Malta (P), Mayotte, Montenegro (B), Morocco (B), Portugal, Serbia (B), Somalia, Spain (B), Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Tunisia (B), Turkey (B).

Vagrant to Bahrain, Côte dIvoire, Denmark, Djibouti, French Southern Territories, Hungary, Jordan, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Poland, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom.

Islands and rocky coasts from Canary Is and north-western Morocco east through Mediterranean to Lemnos, northern Sporades, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Crete and Cyprus. Winters mainly in Madagascar, but also in eastern Africa and Mascarene Is.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 18,000 - 18,600 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) [XC854572]
     by Alain Malengreau from Capo Sandalo (near La Caletta), Provincia del Sud Sardegna, Sardegna, Italy (call)

 
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) [XC368787]
     by Jason Moss from Carloforte, Provincia di Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardegna, Italy (flight call)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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