Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae) - HBW 2
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
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
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An adult looking around in a treetop Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp biarmicus)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 2 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
An individual perched on a lamp post and flying away Karoo, South Africa (ssp biarmicus)
Peter Waanders 8 January 2003 6 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree, preening Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp biarmicus)
Brooke Clibbon 11 December 2002 3 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
A bird flying overhead Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp abyssinicus)
Keith Blomerley 5 April 2002 1 year ago 19 sec 3.4 -
A ventral view of a bird in flight Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp abyssinicus)
Keith Blomerley 5 April 2002 1 year ago 29 sec 3.4 -
A bird perched, flapping its wings. Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 51 weeks ago 33 sec 3.3
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A bird with open wings. Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 51 weeks ago 4 -
Lanner breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia, most African subspecies are a paler blue grey above, differently t Ethiopia (ssp falco biarmicus abyssinicus)
Maurice D. Voyame 29 November 2009 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
Lanner breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia, most African subspecies are a paler blue grey above, differently t Ethiopia (ssp abyssinicus)
Maurice D. Voyame 29 November 2009 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
A close-up of a Lanner Falcon Spain
Iñaki Hernández 30 January 2008 1 year ago 3
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