Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae) - HBW 2
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
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
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Five birds, all of the light morph, in a leafless tree Oued Ksob, Essaouira, Morocco (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 May 2006 3 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird flying and calling, joined by another one Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 1 year ago 42 sec 3.5 -
A bird flying Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain (Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 27 September 2005 4 years ago 27 sec 2.9
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Dark morph. Verges, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 5 June 2004 1 year ago 3.5 -
Light morph. Verges, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 5 June 2004 1 year ago 3
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Calls in flight of a pair Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 10 weeks ago 4 -
Calls in flight Columbretes Islands, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(Monotypic species)
Carlos Fabregat 19 September 2006 10 weeks ago 2
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