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Vagrant to Albania, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Denmark, Djibouti, Eritrea, Finland, France, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Qatar, Senegal, South Korea, Sweden, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Status of form altaicus controversial, and has been considered a separate species, or a subspecies of Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). Now usually reckoned to be morph of Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug); nevertheless, breeds significantly earlier than other nearby populations of present species.

Possible subspecies coatsi (from Uzbekistan) and progressus (east-central Asia) apparently rather distinctive; several other subspecies may be valid, including perhaps cyanopus (central and eastern Europe), and unnamed population from deserts east of Caspian Sea.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• cherrug Gray, 1834   -  Central Europe east through south-western Russia, Ukraine and Iran to R Yenisey and foothills of Altai. Winters from Europe and north-eastern Africa east to north-western India.
• milvipes Jerdon, 1871   -  South-eastern Siberia, northern Mongolia and northern China south to western and central China. Winters from Iran east to Nepal and north-western India, Tibet and central China.
• coatsi Dementiev, 1945   -  Central Asia to southern Siberia and northern China.
• hendersoni Hume, 1871   -  Western and southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.

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