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.
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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 2 years ago 41 sec 4.6 -
An individual perched in a tree, seen fron above, turning around and flying off. Locality Boundary Stream Mainland Island, North Island, New Zealand (ssp novaeseelandiae)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2013 5 weeks ago 26 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 2 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
An individual perched on a dead tree, turning around and flying off. Locality Lake Matheson, Westland National Park, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2013 7 weeks ago 26 sec 3.5 -
A bird in a tree and another one is coming and chasing it. Locality Lake Matheson, Westland National Park, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 February 2013 7 weeks ago 38 sec 2.4
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