Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) - HBW 2, p. 268
French: Faucon hobereau
German: Baumfalke
Spanish: Alcotán Europeo
Taxonomy: Falco Subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Forms superspecies with F. cuvierii, and possibly also F. severus and F. longipennis; sometimes considered conspecific with F. cuvierii. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 - NW Africa and Europe E through C Asia and N China to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and N Japan; winters in C & S Africa and S Asia.
- streichi Hartert & Neumann, 1907 - S & E China, S from Qin Ling Mts (S Shaanxi); possibly also N & E Burma and N Indochina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult stretching, opening beak strangely, and then starting preening. Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France (ssp subbuteo)
Julien Rochefort 8 June 2009 1 year ago 45 sec 4.7 -
A bird resting on a wood post Locality Ireland (ssp subbuteo)
Bill Wayman 31 May 2006 3 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
An adult regurgitating a pellet. In normal speed, and then, in slow motion. Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France (ssp subbuteo)
Julien Rochefort 8 June 2009 1 year ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A bird on rocks, preening Locality Al Khor, Qatar (ssp subbuteo)
Josep del Hoyo 15 May 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a branch, sleeping a little, and then, looking around. Locality Essonne, Île-de-France, France (ssp subbuteo)
Julien Rochefort 8 June 2009 1 year ago 43 sec 4 -
An adult female with three chicks at the nest Locality Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 14 August 2008 2 years ago 30 sec 4
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Sitting on a post
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 27 September 2011 19 weeks ago 4.7 -
Sitting on straw
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 16 October 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
falcon in flight
Locality Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
ari abihssira 13 May 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Sitting on the ground
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 24 September 2010 1 year ago 4 -
falcon eats an insect
Locality Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
ari abihssira 13 May 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
An adult male on a branch.
Locality East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (ssp subbuteo)
Christophe Gouraud 3 June 2010 1 year ago 3.3
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A bird calling. Locality Parc Paradisio, Cambron-Casteau, Brugelette, Hainaut Province, Belgium
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2010 48 weeks ago 4 -
Calls in flight. Locality Forêt de Sénart, France
(ssp subbuteo)
Julien Rochefort 10 September 2004 2 years ago 4
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