A photo of a Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Eleonora's Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Falco eleonorae

Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a medium-sized falcon. It belongs to the hobby group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Hypotriorchis. The sooty falcon is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem to be close sister species. It is shaped like a large Eurasian hobby or a small slender peregrine falcon, with its long pointed wings, long tail and slim body. There are two colour morphs: The adult dark morph is all sooty brown, with black underwing coverts. The light morph is more like a juvenile Eurasian hobby, but has buff underparts, and also shows the contrast between the black underwing coverts and paler base to the flight feathers. Young birds are also like a large juvenile hobby, but the pale underparts contrast with darker wingtips and wing coverts. The call is a typical falcon kek-kek-kek.
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Sean Hall
Thursday 23 Mar 2023 - 7:26am
France
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Roger Carter
Tuesday 21 Mar 2023 - 3:38pm
Spain
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Charlotte Cheetham
Friday 03 Feb 2023 - 3:37pm
United Kingdom
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Peter Cheetham
Friday 03 Feb 2023 - 3:37pm
Spain
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