Red-necked Falcon (Falco chicquera) [XC336033]
by id from Technop\u00f4le, Dakar, Senegal (call)
Red-necked Falcon (Falco chicquera) [XC313607]
by Bram Piot from Technop\u00f4le, Dakar, Senegal (begging call)
Subspecies
Allied with Merlin (Falco columbarius) on hunting behaviour, but probably not closely related, and eggs more hobby like. African birds may not deserve separation into two subspecies.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
chicquera Daudin, 1800 - South-eastern Iran east through Pakistan and India to Nepal and Bangladesh.
ruficollis Swainson, 1837 - Senegambia east to Ethiopia and southern Somalia, then south to Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Red-necked Falcon (Falco ruficollis).
horsbrughi Gunning & Roberts, 1911 - South of R Zambezi, from Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique west to Botswana, Namibia and southern Angola, and south to northern South Africa.