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 Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp biarmicus)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
An individual perched on a lamp post and flying away Locality Karoo, South Africa (ssp biarmicus)
Peter Waanders 8 January 2003 8 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 5 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird flying overhead Locality Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp abyssinicus)
Keith Blomerley 5 April 2002 3 years ago 19 sec 3.4 -
A ventral view of a bird in flight Locality Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp abyssinicus)
Keith Blomerley 5 April 2002 3 years ago 29 sec 3.4 -
A bird perched, flapping its wings. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 2 years ago 33 sec 3.3
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A first year Lanner, one of 5 hunting termites
Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
rekel 13 January 2011 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
An adult Lanner Falcon, hunting termites on close range
Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
rekel 13 January 2011 29 weeks ago 4.2 -
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 1 year ago 4 -
Portrait of an adult.
Locality Cim d'Àligues, Sant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 31 March 2010 1 year ago 4 -
An adult
Locality La Selvotta Park, Formello, Lazio Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 1 November 2008 1 year ago 3.9 -
Lanner Falcon at Cim D'aligues.
Locality Cim d'Àligues, Sant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
MarcS 14 December 2008 4 weeks ago 3.8
- No sound recordings available yet
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