Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae) - HBW 2, p. 269
French: Faucon de Nouvelle Zélande
German: Maorifalke
Spanish: Halcón Maorí
Other common names: New Zealand Hobby
Taxonomy: Falco novae Seelandiae Gmelin, 1788, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
Has been placed in separate genus, Nesierax, or in Hieracidea with F. berigora, to which most closely related, but also related to other Australasian and Gondwanan hobbies. Two forms, novaeseelandiae and pottsi, previously regarded as races or separate species on size and plumage differences, but confusion with age and sex differences. Three morphologically and ecologically distinct populations, with separate distributions, not formally recognized as races. Monotypic.
Distribution: New Zealand, Stewart I, Auckland Is.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Close up head view of juvenile New Zealand Falcon perched on roof top, surveying the area for potential prey. Note the tooth on Locality Queens Reach, Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 29 March 2011 46 weeks ago 41 sec 4.6 -
Juvenile New Zealand Falcon perched on roof top, surveying the area for potential prey. Locality Queens Reach, Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 29 March 2011 46 weeks ago 29 sec 4.1
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female in flight
Locality New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 1 December 2005 2 years ago 4 -
Juvenile bird - newly independent. Perched on roof surveying surrounding are for potential prey. Appears to have recently fed
Locality Queens Reach, Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 4 April 2011 45 weeks ago 3.8 -
perched, near Glenorchy (South Island)
Locality New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 1 December 2005 2 years ago 3.5 -
perched, near Glenorchy (South Island)
Locality New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 1 December 2005 2 years ago 2.5
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