Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) - HBW 2, p. 266
French: Faucon d'Éléonore
German: Eleonorenfalke
Spanish: Halcón de Eleonora
Taxonomy: Falco Eleonorae Gené, 1839, Sardinia.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with F. concolor. Monotypic.
Distribution: Islands and rocky coasts from Canary Is and NW Morocco E through Mediterranean to Lemnos, N Sporades, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Crete and Cyprus. Winters mainly in Madagascar, but also in E Africa and Mascarene Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Five birds, all of the light morph, in a leafless tree Locality Oued Ksob, Essaouira, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 May 2006 5 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird flying and calling, joined by another one Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 3 years ago 42 sec 3.8 -
A bird flying Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 27 September 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 3
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Dark eleonora's falcon at S,Arracó (Mallorca), july 2010.
Locality Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 23 July 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Hunting over Lake Agia, near Chania
Locality Crete Region, Greece
Brendan Marnell 24 September 2010 32 weeks ago 3.4 -
Adult dark morph in hand during post breeding season
Locality Antikythira Bird Observatory, Antikythira, Ionian Islands, Greece
Angelos Evangelidis 2 October 2008 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.3 -
Dark morph.
Locality Verges, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 5 June 2004 2 years ago 3 -
Light morph.
Locality Verges, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 5 June 2004 2 years ago 2.7
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Calls in flight of a pair Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Calls in flight Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 2 years ago 2
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