Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) - HBW 2, p. 273
French: Faucon lanier
German: Lannerfalke
Spanish: Halcón Borní
Taxonomy: Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825, Cape of Good Hope.
Forms superspecies with F. jugger, and possibly with F. cherrug, F. rusticolus and F. mexicanus. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- feldeggii Schlegel, 1843 - S Italy and Sicily E to Armenia and Azerbaijan, then S to Lebanon.
- erlangeri Kleinschmidt, 1901 - NW Africa, from Mauritania to Morocco and Tunisia.
- tanypterus Schlegel, 1843 - NE Africa, including Egypt and N Sudan, to Arabia, Israel and Iraq.
- feldeggii Schlegel, 1843 - S Italy and Sicily E to Armenia and Azerbaijan, then S to Lebanon.
- erlangeri Kleinschmidt, 1901 - NW Africa, from Mauritania to Morocco and Tunisia.
- tanypterus Schlegel, 1843 - NE Africa, including Egypt and N Sudan, to Arabia, Israel and Iraq.
- abyssinicus Neumann, 1904 - Senegal and Ghana E to Ethiopia and Somalia, and S to Uganda and N Zaire.
- biarmicus Temminck, 1825 - Angola, S Zaire and Kenya S to South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult looking around in a treetop Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp biarmicus)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 5 years ago 19 sec 4.8 -
A bird flying overhead Locality Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp abyssinicus)
Keith Blomerley 5 April 2002 5 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a branch, looking around Locality Rabat Zoo, Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region, Morocco (ssp erlangeri)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2007 5 years ago 30 sec 4.1 -
An individual perched on a lamp post and flying away Locality Karoo, South Africa (ssp biarmicus)
Peter Waanders 8 January 2003 9 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree, preening Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp biarmicus)
Brooke Clibbon 11 December 2002 7 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A ventral view of a bird in flight Locality Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp abyssinicus)
Keith Blomerley 5 April 2002 5 years ago 29 sec 3.4
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A first year Lanner, one of 5 hunting termites
Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
rekel 13 January 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
An adult Lanner Falcon, hunting termites on close range
Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp biarmicus)
rekel 13 January 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Perched on a telegraph pole.
Locality Brandvlei, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp biarmicus)
David Beadle 31 January 2011 11 weeks ago 4 -
Portrait of an adult bird.
Locality Plzen Zoo, Plzen, Plzen Region, Czech Republic
Tomasz Doroń 23 October 2011 17 weeks ago 4 -
An adult perched in a tree.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp biarmicus)
Carmelo López 8 December 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Portrait of an adult.
Locality Cim d'Àligues, Sant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 31 March 2010 3 years ago 4
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