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.
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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 6 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
A bird flying and calling, joined by another one. Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 20 September 2006 4 years ago 42 sec 4.3 -
Several views of a bird flying over the sea. Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 9 May 2008 15 weeks ago 36 sec 4 -
A distant bird standing on a rock. Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 23 July 2008 15 weeks ago 32 sec 3.4 -
a little colony of rare falco eleonorae filmed in scenery of rocky coast Locality Sandalo Cape, Carloforte, San Pietro Island, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
danimarti 13 July 2008 11 weeks ago 38 sec 3.3 -
A bird flying. Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 27 September 2005 7 years ago 27 sec 3
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Soaring in the updraught from the cliffs which are a breeding site for 120 pairs of the falcons.
Locality Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy (Monotypic species)
David Lingard 21 September 2007 1 year ago 4.3 -
A pale phase adult at the LIPU reserve on Carloforte.
Locality Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
David Lingard 24 September 2008 1 year ago 4.1 -
A juvenile perched at the Salé colony
Locality Salé, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region, Morocco
Nacho Aransay 12 October 2006 10 weeks ago 4 -
Adult dark morph in hand during post breeding season
Locality Antikythira Bird Observatory, Antikythira, Ionian Islands Region, Greece
Angelos Evangelidis 2 October 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult dark-phase falcon in flight.
Locality Carloforte, San Pietro Island, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
David Lingard 21 September 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
A bird resting on a rocky cliff near Cala Gonone
Locality Sardinia, Italy
Krzysztof Blachowiak 16 August 2011 48 weeks ago 3.6
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Calls in flight of a pair Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 3 years ago 4 -
Calls in flight Locality Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 3 years ago 2
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