Falcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)
Oriental Hobby (Falco severus) - HBW 2, p. 269
French: Faucon aldrovandin
German: Maleienbaumfalke
Spanish: Alcotán Filipino
Other common names: Indian Hobby
Taxonomy: Falco severus Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Forms superspecies with F. longipennis, and perhaps also with F. subbuteo and F. cuvierii. Variation of present species in size and plumage slight and clinal; insufficient for racial differentiation. Monotypic.
Distribution: NW India and Nepal E to Yunnan, Guangdong and Hainan (S China), and S through Burma, Thailand and Indochina to Philippines, Java and Sulawesi, whence E through New Guinea to Solomon Is. Himalayan birds winter S to S India and Sri Lanka.
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An adult bird scratching on a branch Locality Nameri Eco Camp, Sonitpur District, Assam, India (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 1 March 2008 3 years ago 36 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, eating a Maroon-rumped Hanging-Parrot Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2007 4 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
An adult bird sitting high up in a tree Locality Nameri Eco Camp, Sonitpur District, Assam, India (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 1 March 2008 3 years ago 28 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree, plucking the feathers of a Maroon-rumped Hanging-Parrot captured in flight instants earlier Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a dead tree, scratching its head Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A bird in a dead tree, preening Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 3.5
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